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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 31

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Russian airstrikes targeted positions of the Jaish al-Fateh rebels in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on Monday night, a military source said.

The Russian strikes targeted bases and other positions of the Jaish al-Fateh, including several jihadi factions, mainly the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, said the source on condition of anonymity. (Syria-Russia-Airstrikes)

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RABAT -- Mediterranean MPs called Monday in the Moroccan city of Tangiers, for stronger cooperation to tackle the growing extremism and terrorism threat.

They stressed in a declaration following the 12th Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) the need for ensuring greater coordination, cooperation and optimization of the resources. (Morocco-UfM-Terror)

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's police launched an operation on Monday to successfully capture six men wanted for their alleged involvement in gang raping a 16-year-old girl on May 21, a case which has shocked the South American country.

The police indicated via a press release that the operation also aims to discover and retain the computers and cellphones of those who are accused of participating in the rape which took place in the Sao Jose Operario neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro's western area. (Brazil-Gang Rape)

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ANKARA -- Four civilians killed, 19 other people, including five police officers, injured in bomb attack at a police vehicle on Monday in southeastern Silopi district of Sirnak province of Turkey, Dogan News Agency reported.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants placed explosives under manhole cover and detonated with remote control while a police vehicle was passing, the agency reported. (Turkey-Bomb) Endit