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Afghanistan airstrikes kill 14 civilians in 3 days, UNAMA says

Staff Writer With AFP -
Two airstrikes have killed 14 civilians in Afghanistan in recent days, the UN said as the US intensifies its air war across the country
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Asia Pacific

Australia, Japan, South Korea and US kick off inaugural Pacific Vanguard naval exercise near Guam

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The US, Japan, South Korea and Australia have kicked off "first-of-its-kind" Pacific Vanguard naval drills near Guam
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Africa

Nigeria: Islamic State claims Gubio military base attack, releases ISWAP propaganda video

Fergus Kelly -
ISIS claimed ISWAP militants stormed a Nigerian military base in Gubio, Borno state, and released a video of attacks and the execution of nine people
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Air

India test-fires BrahMos high-speed cruise missile from Su-30 fighter jet

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India said its BrahMos cruise missile passed another key test when it hit a land target after being fired from an Su-30 fighter jet
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Asia Pacific

Ghazni vehicle blast kills 3, Afghanistan interior ministry says

Joanne Stocker -
At least three people were killed and more than a dozen others reported injured after an explosion in the central Afghan city of Ghazni
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Africa

Somalia: Al-Shabaab claims car bomb that exploded near Mogadishu checkpoint

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A car bomb exploded near a checkpoint in Somalia capital Mogadishu, in an attack claimed by the militant group Al Shabaab
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Americas

Trump nominates former Aerospace Corporation chair to head US Air Force

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US President Donald Trump announced he had nominated Barbara Barrett, a former Aerospace Corporation chair, to lead the Air Force
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Asia Pacific

DNA tests confirm Sri Lanka Easter attacks ringleader was Shangri-La bomber

Staff Writer With AFP -
Sri Lanka police said DNA tests confirmed that the ringleader of the Easter attacks, Zahran Hashim, was one of the suicide bombers
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Europe

Netherlands arrests suspected Syrian Al Nusra Front commander

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Dutch police arrested a Syrian man called Abu Khuder, suspected of committing war crimes as a commander of Al Nusra Front, prosecutors said
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Air

UK F-35 fighter jets head to Cyprus for first overseas exercise

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UK F-35B Lightning aircraft flew RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus as part of Exercise Lightning Dawn, the first overseas deployment for the Royal Air Force fighters
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Africa

Mali police killed in attack in Koury near Burkina Faso border

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Four civilians, two Malian policemen and a customs officer were killed in an attack on a border post on Mali's frontier with Burkina Faso
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Africa

Egypt police carry out raids near Cairo after Giza bus bomb

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Twelve suspected jihadists were killed in police raids near Cairo, Egypt's interior ministry said, a day after a bomb blast injured 17 people near the Giza pyramids
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Africa

Peacekeeper killed in attacks on Nigeria and Chad troops in Mali

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A Nigerian peacekeeper was killed and another injured in a gun attack in Timbuktu and three Chadian peacekeepers were injured in an IED attack in Tessalit
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Air

Sikorsky to build 12 US Marines CH-53K helicopters under $1.13 billion contract modification

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Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky was awarded a $1 billion contract modification to build 12 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the US Marine Corps
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Americas

Sounding out recruits: Music remains instrumental in the US far-right radicalization

Anna Varfolomeeva -
The US is seeing an escalation of right-wing terrorism and music is playing an important role in the radicalization process
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Air

Afghanistan police killed in ‘friendly fire’ US airstrike in Helmand province

Joanne Stocker -
More than a dozen Afghan police officers were killed in an airstrike carried out by international forces in Helmand province
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