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Briefing of KUNA main news for Thursday until 00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump says that a US warship "immediately destroyed" an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz, which came within 1,000 yards of the vessel.

IRBIL -- Kurdistan's Regional Government says a shooting, which killed a Turkish diplomat in Irbil, is being investigated as a "premeditated terrorist attack."

WASHINGTON -- The US is "looking at" whether to introduce sanctions against Turkey after it purchased Russian-made missiles, President Donald Trump says.

ISLAMABAD -- At least 12 people are killed and around 80 others are injured after Taliban rebels attack a police headquarters in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, officials say.

WASHINGTON -- The US Navy launches a search mission for a missing sailor after a reported "overboard incident" onboard USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea.

SALE, Morocco -- A Moroccan court hands the death sentence to three people found guilty of murdering two foreign tourists at a Marrakech suburb, in December.

PARIS -- The Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers reach consensus on a plan to tax major tech companies. (end) sd