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Syria: 18 dead in Qamishli as Asayish clash with regime forces

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Clashes between Kurdish forces and regime fighters in the divided northeastern city of Qamishli killed 18 combatants, the Kurdish forces said
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Asia Pacific

2+2 = Closer ties between US and India but Iranian oil looms

Joseph Hammond -
India and the US committed to strengthen defense ties during a historic “2+2” dialogue despite outstanding issues such as Iran
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Technology

US military invests $2 billion in ‘next generation’ artificial intelligence

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The U.S. military is investing  $2 billion to develop a new generation of artificial intelligence with "human-like" communication skills, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Pentagon's research wing, announced...
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Middle East

US pilot killed in Saudi AH-6 helicopter crash

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A US pilot working with Saudi Arabia's national guard was killed and his student injured when their AH-6i light attack helicopter crashed in Riyadh
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Africa

Yemen’s Houthi rebels refuse to join Geneva talks until conditions met

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Yemen's Houthi rebels said they will not join peace talks in Geneva until their conditions are met, accusing the UN of failing to keep its promises
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Middle East

French general predicts end of ISIS ‘physical caliphate’ by end of year

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ISIS will have been driven from all its territory before the end of the year, French Chief of Defence Staff General Francois Lecointre said
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Africa

Nigeria: Boko Haram kill 2, abduct 25 in bus ambush

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Two people were killed and 25 others kidnapped in a Boko Haram ambush on a civilian convoy in Gwoza in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, security sources said
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Africa

Court finds 10 South Sudan soldiers guilty of rape and murder

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A South Sudan military court found 10 soldiers guilty of raping five foreign aid workers and murdering a local journalist during fighting at the Terrain hotel in Juba in July 2016.
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Africa

Escalating Libya conflict fueled by international inaction

Erin A. Neale -
The recent amplification of Libya’s years-long chaos needs to be tackled, and the paralyzed international community must step up, Erin Neale argues
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Africa

Burkina Faso soldiers killed in roadside bomb attack

Fergus Kelly -
Two Burkina Faso soldiers were killed and five others wounded in a roadside bomb attack in the southeastern Kompienga province the AIB news agency reported
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Air

US Air Force awards Sierra Nevada $1.8 billion Afghanistan A-29 Super Tucano contract

Fergus Kelly -
Sierra Nevada was awarded a potential $1.8 billion contract for the procurement and sustainment of A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for Afghanistan's air force
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Asia Pacific

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber attacks Kabul sports club

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A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a sports club in the Afghanistan capital Kabul, officials said, causing casualties
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Middle East

Syria: Calls mount to avoid ‘massacre’ in rebel-held Idlib

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International calls mounted to avoid a "massacre" by Syria regime forces in the last rebel-held province of Idlib
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Middle East

Suspected ISIS insurgents in northern Iraq shoot elderly man to death

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Suspected ISIS insurgents shot dead a man as he emerged from prayers at a mosque north of Baghdad and wounded three others, police said
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Asia Pacific

Philippines: One killed, 15 injured in second Isulan bombing in five days

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An explosion in an internet cafe in Isulan in the southern Philippines, killied one person and injured 15 in the second bomb to strike the city in days
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Africa

Dozens of Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram assault on Zari military base

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At least 30 Nigerian soldiers died in combat with Boko Haram militants who overran a military base in Zari village in northern Borno state near the border with Niger
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