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Dozens injured as multiple explosions hit Qamishli in northeast Syria

Joanne Stocker -
A series of bombs exploded in the northeast Syrian border town of Qamishli, killing at least one person
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Middle East

Car bomb hits Suluk near Syria-Turkey border

Staff Writer With AFP -
A car bomb in northeast Syria killed eight people and wounded more than 20 people in an area of the country recently invaded by Turkey
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Business

US cautions Serbia against acquiring ‘significant Russian military systems’

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A US official expressed concern about Serbia's interest in Russian air defense systems, warning Belgrade to be "cautious" about buying them
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Middle East

Five Italian special forces personnel injured in IED explosion in northern Iraq

Staff Writer With AFP -
Five Italian special forces personnel were wounded when they were struck by an IED while supporting Kurdish Peshmerga in northern Iraq
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Africa

Estonia parliament approves Mali troop increase for Operation Barkhane

Fergus Kelly -
Estonia's parliament agreed to increase to 95 the country's troop deployment to the France-led Operation Barkhane counter-terrorism mission in the Sahel
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Europe

Albanian boy reunited with father in Italy after return from Syria’s Al-Hol camp

Staff Writer With AFP -
An Albanian boy taken by his mother to join ISIS in Syria returned to his home in Italy, in the first such operation coordinated with Damascus
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Europe

Ukraine troops, Russia-backed separatists delay withdrawal from Petrivske

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The Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists postponed the last phase of a long-awaited troop pullback in the eastern Donetsk region
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Air

US approves sale to UAE of 10 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters for $830 million

Staff Writer With AFP -
The US approved a possible sale of 10 Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters to the United Arab Emirates for more than $830 million
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Air

Boeing awarded $22 million Laser Small Diameter Bomb contract

Staff Writer With AFP -
Boeing awarded a $22 million US Special Operations contract for Laser Small Diameter Bomb all up rounds and warhead shipping containers
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New US-led coalition launches Operation Sentinel to protect Persian Gulf shipping

Staff Writer With AFP -
The new US-led naval International Maritime Security Construct launched Operation Sentinel to protect shipping in the Persian Gulf
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Africa

US adds al-Qaeda-linked Mali firebrand Amadou Kouffa to global terrorist list

Fergus Kelly -
The US State Department added to its Specially Designated Global Terrorist list Amadou Kouffa, a senior figure in al-Qaeda-linked JNIM
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Americas

Accused of airstrike civilian casualty cover-up, Colombia’s defense minister Botero resigns

Staff Writer With AFP -
Colombia's defense minister Guillermo Botero resigned after facing accusations of trying to cover up the deaths of children in an airstrike on a drug trafficking gang
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Africa

Nigeria soldiers killed in ISWAP ambush near Damboa in Borno state

Fergus Kelly -
At least 10 Nigerian soldiers were killed and others injured in clashes near Damboa as images ISWAP fighters pledging allegiance to new ISIS leader are released
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Africa

South Sudan’s Kiir and Machar meet in Uganda ahead of peace deal deadline

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South Sudan President Salva Kiir and SPLM-IO leader Riek Machar will hold face-to-face talks as time runs out to form a power-sharing government
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Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Houthi missile strike on Yemen military base kills 6, forces hospital closure

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Six people, including four civilians, were killed in an attack by Yemeni rebels on a military base in the Red Sea coastal town of Mokha
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Africa

Burkina Faso: Dozens killed and injured in complex attack on Boungou gold mine convoy

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An attack on a convoy transporting local employees of Canadian company Semafo near its Boungou gold mine in eastern Burkina Faso left 37 people dead
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