Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Dec. 1

JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- Up to four militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) group were killed and eight others injured as unmanned plane struck the hardliner group hideout in the eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, spokesman for provincial government Attaullah Khogiani said.

The strikes, according to the official, was conducted early morning against IS hideout in Wazirotangi area of Khogiani district. (Afghanistan-IS-Airstrike)

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TOKYO -- A former U.S. Marine and civilian base worker was sentenced to life in prison Friday for raping and murdering a 20-year-old woman in Okinawa in April last year.

The Naha District Court handed the sentence to 33-year-old Kenneth Franklin Shinzato who was working at a company within the premises of the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa at the time of the incident after having served as a U.S. Marine from 2007 to 2014. (Japan-U.S. Base Worker)

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NEW DELHI -- India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the local civic body polls in the country's largest state of Uttar Pradesh on Friday.

The BJP won mayoral elections in 14 of 16 municipal corporations in the northern Uttar Pradesh, including capital Lucknow, as well as bagging several seats in municipal councils and nagar panchayats. (India-Polls)

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Friday condemned the latest ballistic missile attack on Saudi Arabia by the Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels.

Houthis reportedly fired a long-range ballistic missile on Thursday, the second such attack in a month.

Reports said Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed the missile fired on the southern Saudi city of Khamis Mushait. (Pakistan-Saudi Arabia-Missile Attack)

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ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistan military said on Friday that a deadly attack on an agriculture center in Peshawar was raised with senior Afghan military officials, who were in Pakistan for talks on security issues.

Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor told local TV channels that handlers in Afghanistan were in contact with the gunmen who launched the attack on the Agricultural Directorate in Peshawar and killed nine people. (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Attack) Enditem