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The US Needs to Meet China’s Grand Strategy With Its Own

John Flannelly -
China’s grand strategy is cementing the nation’s status as a great power, and the US’ lack of one is leaving it rudderless.
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Africa

Rebel Splinter Group Withdraws From Sudan Peace Process

Staff Writer With AFP -
A dissenting wing of an armed Sudanese rebel group dropped out of a peace process protesting the alleged human rights violations of the government's chief negotiator.
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Americas

Trump Meets Iraq PM, Says US Troops to Exit ‘At Some Point’

Staff Writer With AFP -
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that American troops would leave Iraq but gave no timetable for the withdrawal, as he met the country's prime minister for the first time in Washington.
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Americas

FARC Leaders Testify Over Child Soldier Recruitment

Staff Writer With AFP -
Former FARC rebels began testifying Wednesday before a special court over allegations the group recruited thousands of child soldiers to fight its guerrilla war against the Colombian government.
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Africa

Egypt Woos Libya Tribes Amid Threat of Intervention

Staff Writer With AFP -
As Egypt flexes its muscle with threats to intervene in Libya's civil war, its President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sought to join forces with some of the neighboring country's powerful tribes.
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Middle East

Pro-Iran Groups Escalate Violence as Iraq PM Heads to US

Staff Writer With AFP -
As Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi prepares for his first meeting with US President Donald Trump this week, attacks on American targets by pro-Iranian fighters have been on the rise.
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Middle East

Israel Bombs Gaza After Warning Hamas It Risks War

Staff Writer With AFP -
Israeli warplanes bombed the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip overnight after Palestinians fired a rocket into southern Israel, the army said.
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Africa

ISWAP Terrorists Take Hundreds Hostage in Nigerian Town: Sources

Staff Writer With AFP -
Jihadists linked to the Islamic State group have taken hundreds of hostages in a town in northeast Nigeria, locals and militia sources said Wednesday.
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Middle East

3 Killed in Earlier Rocket Attack in Kabul: Ministry

Staff Writer With AFP -
A rocket attack that struck Kabul this week on Afghanistan's independence day killed at least three people, including two members of President Ghani's honor guard.
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Africa

Mutineering Troops Seize Mali’s President and Prime Minister

Staff Writer With AFP -
Rebel troops seized Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse in a dramatic escalation Tuesday of a months-long crisis.
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Europe

Russian General Killed by ‘Explosive Device’ in Syria: Agencies

Staff Writer With AFP -
A Russian major general was killed and two servicemen wounded when an improvised explosive device went off near a Russian convoy in eastern Syria on Tuesday, news agencies quoted the defense ministry as saying.
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Africa

Mutiny Fears After Gunfire Heard at Army Base in Mali

Staff Writer With AFP -
Gunfire broke out at a key army base near Mali's capital Bamako on Tuesday, witnesses and a security official said, triggering fears of a mutiny in the crisis-stricken Sahel state.  
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Commentary

No, AI and Big Data Are Not Going to Win the Next Great Power Competition

Alex Hillman -
While the US was worried about cracking terrorist networks, the Chinese were speeding towards the very defenses required to put up a front against the predictable American military machine.
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Middle East

Israeli Planes Bomb Gaza as Egyptians Seek to Restore Calm

Staff Writer With AFP -
Israeli warplanes pounded Hamas-ruled Gaza early Tuesday in response to Palestinian fire balloons launched across the border.
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Asia Pacific

10 Wounded as Rockets Hit Afghan Capital on Independence Day

Staff Writer With AFP -
More than a dozen rockets struck the Afghan capital Tuesday, wounding at least 10 civilians as the country marked the 101st anniversary of its independence, the interior ministry said.
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Air

PKK Says Shot Down Turkish Helicopter in Iraq

Staff Writer With AFP -
The PKK said Monday it had shot down a Turkish helicopter in Iraqi Kurdistan in retaliation for the death of one of its commanders last week.
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