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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 30

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The European Union (EU) environment ministers on Friday agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement by the EU, a statement said.

"All member states greenlight early EU ratification of Paris Agreement. What some believed impossible is now real," European Council President Donald Tusk said on his twitter account. (EU-Paris Agreement)

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PARIS -- France on Friday launched new operation against the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq from its largest warship Charles de Gaulle in order to intensify strikes and retake Mosul, the group's stronghold, local news channel BFMTV reported.

Eight Rafal fighter jets took off from the carrier in the eastern Mediterranean. But It was not clear whether the French jets were to carry out air strikes or were on a reconnaissance mission. (France-IS-Operation)

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KUNDUZ -- At least eight Taliban militants have been killed and several others injured over the past two days in Haqtash district of the northern Kunduz province 250 km north of Kabul, an army spokesman in the province, Brigadier Abdul Khalil said Friday.

"The security forces launched cleanup operations in Haqtash district early Thursday and so far eight rebels have been killed and several villages have been liberated from Taliban clutches," Khalil told Xinhua. (Afghan-Taliban)

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NEW DELHI -- At least nine people were killed and more than 12 others injured after their vehicle collided with two other vehicles in the northern Indian state of Haryana Friday, a senior police official said.

"The mishap took place at Sainiwas village in Siwani town in the state's Bhiwani district when the victims, all pilgrims, were returning home in the neighboring state of Punjab in a pick-up van after attending a religious ceremony," he said. (India-Road Accident)

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MOGADISHU -- Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Galmudug is seeking apology and compensation from the U.S. after 13 of its soldiers were killed and seven others injured by a U.S. airstrike on Wednesday.

The northern region's Information Minister Mohamud Aden Osman called on Washington to carry out further investigations into the airstrikes. (Somalia-US-Apology) Endi