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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 19

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At least 11 people were killed and 36 others injured on Tuesday morning in a suicide blast that hit a security check post in Pakistan's northwestern provincial capital of Peshawar, officials said.

Shahab Ali Shah, political agent of the country's northwestern tribal area of Khyber Agency, said the incident took place at 10:20 a.m. (local time) when a suicide bomber exploded his jacket near the Levies check post in the Karkhano Market area located at the border of Peshawar district and Jamrud town of the restive Khyber Agency. (Pakistan- Suicide Blast)

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RIYADH -- Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Saudi Arabia Tuesday on the first stop of his three-nation tour of the Middle East, as the world's second-largest economy seeks closer political and economic ties with the region.

This is the first state visit by a Chinese head of state to Saudi Arabia in seven years. Xi will also travel to Egypt and Iran on his first overseas visit this year that lasts from Jan. 19 to 23. (China-Saudi Arabia-Xi Jinping Visit)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Sunni lawmakers and ministers have decided to boycott Tuesday's parliament and government sessions to protest against the violence targeting the Sunni Arab community in the eastern province of Diyala, an official said on Tuesday.

A coalition of Sunni Arab parliament members and Sunni ministers in the Iraqi Council of Ministers "decided to boycott today's sessions" to protest against the deterioration of security in the town of Maqdadiyah, some 100 km northeast of Baghdad, and the killings that targeted the Sunni community by militias, a parliament official and Sunni politician told Xinhua. (Iraq-Sunni-Protest)

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ABU DHABI -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called Tuesday on all warring parties in Yemen to commit to a comprehensive and permanent cease-fire to push forward peace talks facilitated by the UN, UAE state news agency WAM reported.

The UN chief made the appeal during his meeting with Yemeni Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Mahfoudh Abdullah Bahah in Abu Dhabi, where he is attending the World Future Energy Summit. (UN-Yemen) Endi