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Afghanistan to Free 900 More Taliban Prisoners

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Afghan authorities plan to release 900 more Taliban prisoners Tuesday, as a rare ceasefire by the insurgents entered its third and last day.
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Asia Pacific

Afghan Govt Frees Taliban Prisoners as Truce Holds for Second Day

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Afghan authorities released 100 Taliban prisoners Monday as part of the government's response to a surprise, three-day ceasefire the insurgents called to mark the Eid al-Fitr festival.
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Africa

Nine Killed in Eastern DR Congo Attack

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Nine civilians were killed on Sunday in the eastern DR Congo region of Beni in another attack blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia, according to local sources. The...
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Africa

Eight Jihadists Killed in Ivorian-Burkina Operation: Ivory Coast Army

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Eight suspected jihadists were killed and another 38 captured in a joint operation by Burkinabe and Ivorian forces near the two countries' shared border, the Ivory Coast army said...
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Middle East

Iran’s Khamenei: Fight to ‘Liberate Palestine’ Is ‘Islamic Duty’

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Iran's supreme leader said it was an "Islamic duty" to fight for the "liberation of Palestine" in a landmark speech Friday amid rising tensions with regional arch-enemy Israel. Ayatollah Ali...
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Africa

Sudan’s Bloody Tribal Clashes Threaten Fragile Transition

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An upsurge in bloody tribal clashes in Sudan has killed at least 59 people and wounded over 100 this month, heaping more pressure on the country's fragile transitional government. More...
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Africa

Coronavirus Fails to Halt Conflict in DR Congo’s Powder-Keg East

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Coronavirus has swiftly gained status as the world's No. 1 threat but in eastern DR Congo, one of Africa's most volatile regions, militia killings and ethnic violence are an...
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Americas

Trump to Withdraw US From ‘Open Skies’ Treaty

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President Donald Trump announced Thursday he plans to withdraw the United States from the Open Skies Treaty with Russia, the third arms control pact Trump has abrogated since coming to office. The...
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Americas

Texas Navy Base Locked Down in Shooting Incident

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A U.S. Navy base in Texas went on lockdown Thursday after shots were fired by an unidentified person, but no injuries were reported, the Navy said. Security forces at the...
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Africa

Worried Togo Finds Itself on Front Line of Sahel’s Jihadist War

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In a makeshift bunker of sacks of rice beneath a tree, heavily-armed Togolese soldiers keep watch over villagers coming and going on foot or bike across the border with...
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Africa

Three Aid Workers Killed as South Sudan Clashes Leave ‘Many’ Dead

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South Sudan's U.N. peacekeeping mission said Wednesday it was investigating reports that "many people" had died in a surge of intercommunal violence that killed three aid workers and left...
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Asia Pacific

Afghan Taliban Leader Says Committed to Deal With US

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The leader of the Taliban said Wednesday that militants were committed to a landmark deal with the U.S., despite being accused of carrying out thousands of attacks in Afghanistan...
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Middle East

30 Years After Unity Dream, Fragmented Yemen Faces Reality

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Thirty years after unification, Yemen is on the verge of fragmentation as a result of armed conflicts, regional rivalries, and foreign interference.
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Africa

Two Soldiers, Five Volunteers Killed in Burkina Attack

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Two Burkina Faso soldiers and five civilian defense volunteers have been killed during an ambush on a military patrol in the restive north of the country, security sources said...
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Asia Pacific

Eight Afghan Soldiers Die Fighting off Taliban Attack in Kunduz

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Eight Afghan soldiers were killed on Tuesday while repelling a fierce Taliban attack on Kunduz, a strategic city in northern Afghanistan that had briefly fallen to the militants twice...
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Africa

Jihadists Attack Nigeria Town Where Girls Abducted

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Jihadists have carried out a rare attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Dapchi, where more than 100 schoolgirls were abducted two years ago, military sources and residents said...
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