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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 31

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Iran said Tuesday that it has stopped granting visas to U.S. citizens in response to Washington's recent travel ban against citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran. (Iran-US-Visa)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least 11 people were killed and nine others injured in a road accident in Pakistan's northwestern district of Malakand on Tuesday, officials said. (Pakistan-Road Accident)

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ANKARA -- A total of 30 Islamic State (IS) terrorists were killed in Turkish military operations in al-Bab of northern Syria in the last 24 hours, the Turkish General Staff said on Tuesday. (Turkey-IS-Operations)

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RABAT -- One Moroccan was killed and three others wounded in Sunday's attack on a mosque in the Canadian city of Quebec, local media reported on Tuesday. (Morocco-Canada-Attack)

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ABUJA -- A child suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device at a mosque in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno early Tuesday, killing one other person, a national emergency response team said. (Nigeria-Child Bomber)

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MOSCOW -- Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency said Tuesday a Dutch-led team deliberately delayed a probe into the crash of the Malaysian Airlines MH17 flight in 2014. (Russia-MH17) Endi