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US Central Command commander General Kenneth McKenzie admits the United States made a "mistake" when it launched a drone strike against suspected Islamic State militants in the Afghan capital Kabul on August 29, confirming that it killed 10 civilians instead. "The strike was a tragic mistake," McKenzie tells reporters at a Pentagon briefing after an investigation. SOUNDBITE
The EU says that it is "alarmed by the alleged Israeli strike" on the Iranian consulate in Syria's Damascus and warns against any escalation after Tehran vowed revenge. "In this highly tense regional situation, it is really of an utmost importance to show restraint because the further escalation in the region is in no one's interests," EU spokesperson Peter Stano says. SOUNDBITE
Ambulances and fire crews at the scene of an Israeli drone strike on a residential building in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Rumman that reportedly killed at least two Hezbollah fighters and wounded three others, according to a security source. IMAGES
Crane lifts a charred vehicle after it was targeted in a drone strike on the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing two commanders of the pro-Iran group the Kataeb Hezbollah. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VID34HW7PL_EN
Residents of the Iraqi capital Baghdad and civil defence gather at the scene of a deadly drone strike which hit a vehicle, according to two security sources, with one saying it belonged to a leader of a pro-Iran group. IMAGES
Firefighters put out a fire following a Russian drone strike in Ukraine's Kharkiv, which hit civilian infrastructure, including a building of the Kharkiv College of Transport Technology. There was no immediate report of casualties. IMAGES