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France and Netherlands to repatriate 14 children of ISIS adherents from Syria

Joanne Stocker -
The French and Dutch governments will bring home 14 orphaned children of ISIS adherents from northeast Syria, autonomous administration official Abdulkarim Omar said
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Europe

New IRA says it planted bomb under Northern Ireland police officer’s car

Joanne Stocker -
The New IRA dissident republican group said it put an explosive device found under the car of a Northern Ireland police officer
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Asia Pacific

US and Russia navies accuse each other of unsafe maneuvers in Indo-Pacific

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Russia and the U.S. have accused each other of unsafe maneuvers in the Indo-Pacific, each saying vessels from the other's navies put crews and ships at risk. Russia on Friday,...
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Asia Pacific

Taiwan confirms request to purchase US Abrams tanks, Javelin and TOW missiles

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Taiwan confirmed it is hoping to buy Abrams tanks and Javelin and TOW missiles from the US in a proposed deal that drew a rebuke from China
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Africa

Egypt security forces raid Islamic State ‘hideout’ after North Sinai attack

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Egyptian security forces have killed 14 suspected militants during a raid carried out in North Sinai in response to a deadly checkpoint attack
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Africa

Sudan SPLM-N rebel deputy leader arrested ahead of military talks

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SPLM-N rebel group deputy Yasir Arman, who returned to Sudan to take part in talks with the military, was detained following an army crackdown on protests
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Americas

US repatriates 6 women and 2 children with ties to ISIS from Syria

Joanne Stocker -
The northeast Syria administration said two American women and six children were repatriated from a camp housing thousands who fled ISIS's "caliphate"
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Africa

Egypt security forces killed in Sinai checkpoint attacks

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Egyptian security personnel were killed in militant attacks on several security posts near Arish in the restive North Sinai region
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Africa

UN report calls for maintaining Mali mission, bolstering Mopti deployment

Fergus Kelly -
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for for maintaining MINUSMA peacekeeper numbers in Mali and increasing its presence in Mopti
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Air

Japan ends search for missing F-35 fighter jet

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Japan called off its search for an F-35A, almost two months after the jet crashed into the sea sparking a scramble to recover the pilot and secrets onboard
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Africa

Sudan military cancels civilian transition deal after deadly crackdown on protesters

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Sudan's military cancelled a power-transfer agreement with protesters and called for elections within nine months, a day after forcefully breaking up a weeks-long sit-in
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Africa

Attacks foiled in Niamey and Diffa, Niger defense ministry says

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Security forces in Niger foiled three weekend attacks in the capital Niamey and in the southeastern city of Diffa, the government said
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Air

US approves $1.7 billion sale to Bulgaria of 8 F-16 fighter jets

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The US State Department approved the $1.673 billion sale to Bulgaria of eight F-16 fighter jets and associated equipment, weapons and training
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Africa

Islamic State fighters attack Nigeria military bases in Lake Chad area

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Islamic State militants carried out attacks on Nigerian military bases in Marte, Kirenowa and Dikwa in the Lake Chad area over the weekend
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Middle East

Norway to repatriate 5 orphan children of ISIS adherents from Syria

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The Kurdish administration in northeast Syria handed over five orphans from a family who joined ISIS to Norwegian authorities
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Middle East

Iraq sentences to death 11 French ISIS adherents transferred from Syria

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A Baghdad court on Monday, June 3 sentenced to death two more French nationals for belonging to the Islamic State group, leaving all 11 Frenchmen transferred from Syria facing...
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