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Denmark police charge 2 in investigation into shipping drones to ISIS

Fergus Kelly -
Denmark police arrested and charged two people as part of a case linked to attempts to send drones to Islamic State in Syria
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Air

Airstrike in Afghanistan’s Wardak killed 12 women and children, UN initial probe finds

Staff Writer With AFP -
An airstrike appears to have killed 12 members of an Afghan family, the UN said, as US and Afghan forces ramp up aerial bombardments against militants
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Africa

At least 12 Mali Tuaregs killed in attack near Niger border

Staff Writer With AFP -
At least 12 Tuareg civilians were killed by armed assailants in the Menaka region of northeastern Mali near the Niger border
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Europe

Portugal military and paramilitary police officers arrested over 2017 arms theft

Staff Writer With AFP -
Senior figures in Portugal's military and paramilitary police forces were arrested over a theft from a military arms depot last year
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Africa

Tunisia: Two killed in land mine blast in jihadist hideout near Algeria border

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Two people were killed in a land mine blast in Mount Chaambi in central Tunisia near the border with Algeria, an area used as a hideout by jihadist militants
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Asia Pacific

Fear and mourning in Afghanistan: Hazaras mark the festival of Muharram in fragile Dasht-e-Barchi

Shadi Khan Saif -
In Kabul’s largely Shia Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, Shadi Saif finds some from Afghanistan's persecuted minority community taking security into their own hands
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Asia Pacific

UN investigates ‘credible’ reported Afghanistan airstrike that killed 9 from a single family

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The UN said it was investigating reports that 9 family members had been killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan, but US Forces denied the victims were civilians
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Africa

Nigeria troops thwart Boko Haram attack on military base in Borno state

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Nigerian troops repelled another attempt by Boko Haram to overrun a military base in northeast Nigeria, military and civilian sources said
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Africa

Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo launch deadly raid, kidnap 17

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One person was killed and 17 were kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a raid blamed on a notorious Ugandan militia accused of a massacre two days earlier
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Middle East

Iran blames ‘jihadist separatists’ for Ahvaz military parade attack

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Iran's intelligence ministry blamed "jihadist separatists" for last week's deadly attack on a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz
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Middle East

Yemen Houthis mass-produced mines and IEDs using Iranian components, CAR report finds

Fergus Kelly -
A Conflict Armament Research report has found that Yemen's Houthi rebels have standardized and mass-produced improvised explosive devices
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Commentary

Speaking to and about extremists

Linda Schlegel -
De-radicalization practitioners need to be aware of the pitfalls of their language in the counter-narrative versus alternative narrative dichotomy
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Africa

Bodies of 3 Burkina Faso police found as search for abducted mine staff continues

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Three police officers were killed in a northern region of Burkina Faso where they were hunting for three kidnapped mineworkers, a security official said
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Asia Pacific

Soldier and five militants killed in Kashmir, days after India cancels Pakistan talks

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An Indian soldier and five suspected militants have died in fighting in Kashmir, the Indian army said, just days after high-level talks with Pakistan were cancelled
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Air

Syria to get S-300 missile defense system within weeks, Russian defense minister says

Joanne Stocker -
Russia will provide Syria with an S-300 missile defense system within the next two weeks, days after Syrian air defenses accidentally downed a Russian electronic signals aircraft.
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Air

Israel ‘misled’ Russia in Il-20 plane downing over Syria, defense ministry says

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Russia's military blamed "misleading" information from Israel's air force for the downing of a Russian Ilyushin Il-20 electronic signals intelligence aircraft in Syria
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