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Al-Shabaab attacks Somali army base in Hilweyne, killing 5

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Four civilians and a Somali Army soldier were killed when al-Shabaab attacked an army base in Hilweyne, north of the capital
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Middle East

Rockets fired at Baghdad base housing US troops in new attack

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Two rockets were fired at a military base near Baghdad airport housing US troops, the 10th such attack since late October, the Iraqi army said
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Arctic

Russia’s only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov catches fire in Arctic shipyard

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A fire broke out on Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, as it underwent repairs in an Artic shipyard
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Africa

‘At least 60’ killed in attack on Niger military camp in Inates

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At least 60 people were killed in a militant attack on a military camp in Inates in the Tillaberi region of western Niger near the Mali border
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Business

Lockheed Martin on target with successful 240-km Precision Strike Missile test

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Lockheed Martin successfully tested its next-generation missile for the US Army's Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program
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UN can’t confirm Iran attacked Saudi oil facilities, Guterres says

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The UN has been unable to confirm Iranian involvement in an attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said
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Asia Pacific

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber targets US airbase in Bagram

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A suicide car bombing at the largest US base in Afghanistan injured at least five people, just days after talks between the Trump administration and the Taliban resumed
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Africa

VIDEO: Somali security forces retake Mogadishu hotel from Shabaab militants, at least 10 dead

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Gunmen opened fire outside a hotel near Mogadishu's presidential palace on Tuesday night, as police fought back the attackers
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Africa

Erdogan says Turkey ready to send troops to help Libyan government

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was ready to send troops to Libya if requested by the UN-backed government in Tripoli
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Americas

Chile air force C-130 transport plane disappears en route to Antarctica

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A Chilean military plane with 38 people aboard has gone missing after taking off for a base in Antarctica and is presumed to have crashed
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Middle East

Russian troops enter Syria’s Raqqa, filling void of withdrawing US forces

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The Russian military moved into ISIS's former capital at Raqqa in northeast Syria following an agreement with the SDF
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Middle East

Iraqi soldiers injured after rocket hits Baghdad base housing US troops

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Several rockets slammed into an Iraqi military complex that hosts US forces next to Baghdad International Airport, wounding six Iraqi troops
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Middle East

Yemen’s government and southern separatists miss power-sharing deadline

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The Yemeni government and Southern Transitional Council separatists have failed to meet a deadline to establish a power-sharing government
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Europe

Turkey deports 11 foreign fighters to France

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Turkey sent 11 French "foreign terrorist fighters" back to France, the Turkish interior ministry said, as part of a push to repatriate ISIS fighters
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Africa

UN DR Congo peacekeeping force repels attack on Biakato base

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UN peacekeeping forces have managed to thwart an attempted attack on one of their bases in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO said
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Africa

Al Shabaab says it carried out deadly Kenya bus attack that killed police

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Police officers were among at least eight people killed in an attack on a bus in northeast Kenya believed to have been staged by al-Shabaab
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