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Haftar’s Libya offensive threatens peace and stability, EU says

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Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's offensive against Tripoli represents a threat to international peace, the European Union warned
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Asia Pacific

Turkey begins large-scale naval exercise Denizkurdu in 3 seas

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Turkey's navy launched large-scale Denizkurdu exercises at a time of rising tensions over its plans to explore for gas off the Cyprus coast
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Asia Pacific

Malaysia police arrest 4 linked to ISIS bomb plot

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Malaysian police said they have arrested four militants linked to ISIS who were in possession of explosives and planned to attack non-Muslim places of worship
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Africa

Gunmen kill six in Catholic church in Dablo, northern Burkina Faso

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Gunmen killed a priest and five churchgoers during Sunday Mass at a Catholic church in Dablo, northern Burkina Faso
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Asia Pacific

Pakistan: 5 killed in Gwadar hotel attack claimed by Baloch Liberation Army

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Five people including a soldier were killed after gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the southwestern Pakistan port city of Gwadar, the military said
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Africa

Islamic State claims attack on Nigeria military base in Gajigana

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ISIS claimed fighters from its West Africa Province affiliate killed 11 soldiers in an attack on a military base in Gajigana in Borno state
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Asia Pacific

Pakistan: Gunmen storm luxury hotel in Gwadar, Balochistan

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At least three gunmen stormed the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel in the port city of Gwadar in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province
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Africa

German parliament extends Africa military missions

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The Bundestag extended German deployments to UN and EU missions in Mali and to the EU's Operation Atalanta anti-piracy mission until May 2020
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Middle East

Kazakhstan repatriates 156 children of ISIS fighters from Syria

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Kazakhstan said it had evacuated 231 of its citizens, most of them children, from Syria after they traveled or were taken there to join ISIS
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Africa

French soldiers killed in Burkina Faso raid to free foreign hostages

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French forces freed two French hostages as well as an American and a South Korean in Burkina Faso in a raid that cost the lives of two soldiers
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Africa

Nigeria’s Civilian JTF militia releases 900 child recruits

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Nearly 900 children held by the Civilian JTF militia fighting Boko Haram insurgents in northeastern Nigeria were freed, UNICEF said
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Air

Qatar cleared for $3 billion purchase of 24 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters

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The US approved the sale of 24 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Qatar at an estimated cost of $3 billion, the DSCA said
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Africa

Kenya court jails British terror suspect Jermaine Grant for possessing explosives

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A Kenyan court sentenced British terror suspect Jermaine Grant to four years prison for possessing bomb-making materials
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Africa

US airstrike kills 13 Somalia ISIS fighters, AFRICOM says

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A US airstrike in has killed 13 Islamic State fighters in the Golis mountains in northern Somalia, US Africa Command said
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Air

North Korea fires missiles in second launch in days

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North Korea welcomed a US envoy's visit to Seoul by firing two missiles, the South's military said, in Pyongyang's second launch in less than a week
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Asia Pacific

Death toll in Taliban attack targeting Afghanistan aid workers in Kabul rises to 9

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The death toll from the Taliban attack in Kabul has risen to nine, including five members of the Afghan security forces, a guard at Counterpoint and three civilians
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