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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, July 24

Xinhua, July 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nepalese Prime Minister K.P Sharma Oli has resigned from the post at a Parliament session on Sunday evening.

The 64-year-old premier announced his resignation at the House session ahead of the no-confidence motion against him filed by major parties Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist-Centre) was due to be put to a vote in the 601-member Parliament. (Nepal-PM-Resignation)

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LAGOS -- Authority of the Nigerian Navy has deployed 10 war ships in a massive operation which aimed to stop pirate attacks on local and international merchant ships on the nation's waterways. (Nigeria-Warships-Pirates)

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BAGHDAD -- The death toll from a suicide bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Sunday rose to 21 people and 35 others wounded, a police source told Xinhua. (Iraq-Bomb Attack-IS)

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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian government is ready to continue peace talks without pre-conditions in a bid to achieve a political solution to the country's crisis, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday. (Syria-Peace Talks)

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DAMASCUS -- A Turkey-based Syrian medical organization said Sunday that four hospitals were hit by airstrikes in Syria's northern province of Aleppo. (Syria-Hospitals-Airstrikes) Endi