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Russia urges moratorium on missile deployment after US quits INF treaty

Russia called on the US to implement a moratorium on deploying intermediate-range nuclear missiles, as Washington withdrew from the INF treaty

US signals shift to Africa in counter-ISIS Coalition campaign

The United States will seek additional international cooperation to fight Islamic State on a global scale, with a particular focus on Africa

Dozens of Yemen police killed in twin attacks in Aden

Separate attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels and an ISIS suicide bomber killed at least 49 people in Aden, many of them newly trained police cadets

Israeli rocket hits southern Syria near Golan Heights, no injuries reported

An Israeli rocket hit near Bariqa in southern Syria without causing any casualties, Syrian state media said

Renamo signs historic peace pact with Mozambique government

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo opposition leader Ossufo Momade signed a landmark agreement to end decades of hostilities

ISWAP killed ‘dozens’ of Nigeria and Chad troops near Baga in July 29 clashes

Clashes between the MNJTF and ISWAP fighters near Baga in northeast Nigeria on Monday left 25 soldiers and at least 40 jihadists dead

Lockheed awarded $800 million Slovakia F-16 fighter jet contract

Lockheed Martin was awarded an almost $800 million contract to produce and support F-16 fighter jets for Slovakia

Bahrain hosts first Gulf maritime security conference

Bahrain hosted a conference on Gulf maritime security after multiple attacks on shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz

Islamic State claims 25 Nigeria soldiers killed in Benisheikh assault

ISIS said ISWAP fighters killed 25 soldiers in an assault on a military base in Benisheikh in northeast Nigeria's Borno state

Germany ‘reluctant’ to join US-led Persian Gulf maritime surveillance mission

Germany said it is "reluctant" to join a US maritime surveillance mission in the Persian Gulf but would consider taking part in a European mission

Boko Haram is ‘defeated,’ Nigeria insists, blaming international jihadists for ongoing insurgency

Nigeria's presidency claimed Boko Haram's 10-year-old insurgency had been "defeated" but admitted that international jihadist groups posed a growing threat

Dozens of Afghans killed in roadside bomb blast on road to Farah

Dozens of passengers, mainly women and children, were killed in western Afghanistan when the bus they were traveling in hit a roadside bomb

Afghanistan civilian deaths from airstrikes on the rise

The number of Afghan civilians killed in airstrikes has increased even as the overall number of civilian casualties fell, UNAMA said

US Senate fails to override Trump’s Saudi weapons sales veto

The US Senate failed to prevent $8 billion in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, after President Donald Trump vetoed resolutions blocking the deal

Pakistan army plane crashes in Rawalpindi suburb, killing at least 18

Fifteen people were killed when a small army plane crashed early into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi near Islamabad

Two US service members killed in Afghanistan

Two US service members have been killed in Afghanistan, NATO's Resolute Support mission said