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Niger says army killed 33 Boko Haram fighters in Lake Chad region

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Niger said it had killed 33 Boko Haram "terrorists" and seized vehicles and weapons in an operation in the Lake Chad region in the country's southeast
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Africa

Mali troops killed by landmines in Mopti region

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Six Malian troops were killed when their vehicles drove over improvised land mines in the center of the West African country
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Europe

New IRA claims 5 parcel bombs sent to London and Glasgow

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The Northern Ireland dissident group known as the New IRA claimed responsibility for four small parcel bombs mailed to London and Glasgow
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Middle East

Iraq’s PUK Peshmerga willing to help Syrian Kurdish forces if Turkey attacks

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A senior Iraqi Kurdistan PUK Peshmerga official said his party is willing to provide material aid to the YPG in northern Syria if they are attacked by Turkey
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Air

China fighter jet crashes in Hainan during training, killing both pilots

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A Chinese navy fighter jet crashed during training on the southern island province of Hainan, killing two pilots, the defence ministry said
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Africa

Chad claims hundreds of UFDD rebel fighters laid down arms

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Four hundred fighters from the UFDD rebel group in Libya surrendered their weapons and are "back on the side of the law," Chad Defense Minister Brahim said
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Asia Pacific

India says ‘key conspirator’ behind Kashmir attack killed by police

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Indian police said that one of the "key conspirators" behind a suicide attack that killed at least 40 troops in Kashmir had died in a shootout with government forces
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Middle East

SDF resumes offensive on final ISIS territory in eastern Syria

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The SDF pounded the last scrap of land held by ISIS, a scattering of tents and destroyed buildings near the Syrian town of Baghuz
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Africa

Seven Niger soldiers, dozens of militants killed in Boko Haram attack in Diffa region

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Seven soldiers and 38 militants died in an assault by the Boko Haram jihadist group in Gueskerou in the Diffa region of southeastern Niger
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Asia Pacific

India and Russia sign $3 billion nuclear submarine lease agreement

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India signed a $3 billion deal to lease a third Russian Akula class nuclear-powered submarine for 10 years, giving Delhi a boost in the Indian Ocean
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Africa

UN considering downsizing DR Congo peacekeeping mission

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The UN is considering a drawdown of its large peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo and charting a course towards an exit strategy
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Air

Bird strike likely caused Indian MiG-21 fighter jet crash near Pakistan, defense ministry says

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An Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison fighter jet crashed in desert in western Rajasthan state, close to the border with Pakistan
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Europe

Northern Ireland police discover mortar tubes in ‘significant’ hide near border

Fergus Kelly -
Police uncovered a "significant terrorist hide" containing mortar parts near Forkhill, close to the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland
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Africa

Egypt police officer wounded in Cairo raid that killed 7 suspected militants

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An Egyptian police officer was wounded and seven suspected Hasm group militants were killed in a firefight and raid in the capital Cairo, the interior ministry said
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Africa

Al Shabaab claims car bombing that killed 4 in Somalia capital

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Four people were killed and nine wounded by a car bomb near a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia police said, for which Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility
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Asia Pacific

Explosions rock Afghanistan political gathering attended by top officials

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At least two blasts struck a large ceremony attended by Afghanistan chief executive Abdullah Abdullah and other officials, killing one person and injuring 17 others.
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