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SDF ready to support northern Syria security zone with international guarantees

Jared Szuba -
The SDF announced its readiness to support a safe-zone to protect northeastern Syria “from the danger of genocide” and “foreign intervention"
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Africa

MSF says 14 killed and aid in Nigeria affected after Boko Haram attack on Rann

Staff Writer With AFP -
14 people were killed and thousands fled after Boko Haram on Monday attacked Rann, a remote town in northeast Nigeria, Medecins Sans Frontieres said
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Middle East

Syria: US military personnel among dead in Manbij suicide bomb attack

Joanne Stocker -
A suicide attack was reported at a busy marketplace in the northern Syrian city of Manbij with an unknown number of casualties
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Africa

Kenya: Nairobi attackers ‘eliminated’ after 20-hour siege, 21 killed

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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said the attackers who had stormed an upmarket hotel complex had been "eliminated" after an almost 20-hour siege that left at least 14 dead
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Peace

UN peacekeeping missions threatened by $2 billion budget gap

Staff Writer With AFP -
The UN is struggling with almost $2 billion in unpaid contributions to its peacekeeping budget, with current cash balances covering less than two months of operations
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Africa

Nigeria’s military struggles with Islamic State: Part 1 –  an upsurge in attacks

Robert Postings -
Robert Postings takes an in-depth look at the recent upsurge in Islamic State West Africa province attacks in northeastern Nigeria
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Africa

Kenya: Explosion and gunfire reported at Nairobi hotel and office complex

Andrew Kennedy -
Gunfire and at least one explosion have been reported at a hotel and office complex in the Westlands neighborhood of the Kenyan capital Nairobi
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Asia Pacific

Afghanistan: Taliban claim responsibility for deadly vehicle bomb in Kabul’s Green Village

Staff Writer With AFP -
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a powerful truck bomb in Kabul's Green Village that killed at least four people and wounded more than 100
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Middle East

New UN envoy for Syria makes first Damascus trip

Staff Writer With AFP -
The new UN envoy to Syria began his first trip to Damascus, facing the daunting task of rekindling peace talks and succeeding where his predecessors failed
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Africa

Boko Haram militants overrun Rann near Nigeria border with Cameroon

Staff Writer With AFP -
Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base in remote northeast Nigeria, setting fire to shelters for those made homeless by the conflict
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Africa

Mozambique: Islamist militants suspected in Cabo Delgado killings

Staff Writer With AFP -
Militant Islamists are suspected to have killed 12 people in the Cabo Delgado region of northern Mozambique as they shift attacks to vehicles
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Asia Pacific

Afghanistan: Dozens wounded in Kabul car bomb attack

Staff Writer With AFP -
A car packed with explosives blew up near a heavily fortified foreign compound in Kabul, killing at least four people and wounding more than 90
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Middle East

US presses for deal with Turkey to protect Syrian Kurdish partners

Jared Szuba -
US officials are stepping up diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement with Turkey to protect the Coalition’s partner in the war against ISIS
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Europe

OPCW to add Novichok nerve agent to banned substance list

Staff Writer With AFP -
The OPCW agreed to add nerve agent Novichok, used in the Salisbury attack against a former Russian agent, to its list of banned substances
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Air

Iran military cargo plane crash kills 15, army says

Staff Writer With AFP -
A military cargo plane crashed near the Iranian capital Tehran, the army said, with at least 13 people on board killed
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Air

Israel has struck targets in Syria hundreds of times, Netanyahu says

Staff Writer With AFP -
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel had at the weekend carried out an airstrike in Syria, a rare public confirmation of such attacks
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