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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, July 21

Xinhua, July 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

Mali on Wednesday extended a state of emergency for another 10 days as the African country is still plagued by sporadic armed attacks, local media reported.

The decision was made by the country's council of ministers after the latest terrorist attack in the central city of Nampala on Tuesday, which killed at least 10 soldiers and wounded dozens of others at a military base. (Mali-State of Emergency)

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KABUL -- At least 120 militants were killed after Afghan army, police and intelligence agency personnel launched wide-scale operations against militants' hideouts within the past 24 hours, said a statement of the Defense Ministry Thursday.

Up to 48 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed after the joint forces struck militants positions in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, according the statement providing daily operational updates. (Afghanistan-Militants)

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DAMASCUS -- The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed on Thursday to a cease-fire in an Islamic State (IS)-controlled town in northern Syria, on condition of a full IS withdrawal, local Kurdish media said.

The SDF agreed to a "full cessation of military operations in the town of Manbej and its countryside... the release of prisoners from both sides, and opening a passage for the IS out of that area," according to the Kurdish ARA News. (Syria-IS)

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GENEVA -- The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday warned global temperatures for the first six months of this year shattered more records, meaning 2016 is on track to be the world's hottest year on record.

WMO noted June marked the 14th consecutive month of record heat for land and oceans and the 378th consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th century average. The last month with temperatures below the 20th century average was December 1984. (Geneva-WMO-Global Temperatures) Endi