Year: 2019
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Aug- 2019 -12 AugustEurope
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam charged over Brussels bombings
Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks, was charged in connection with the Brussels bombings months later
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11 AugustMiddle East
Saudi coalition launches airstrike against Yemen separatists in Aden
A Saudi-led coalition launched a strike against southern separatists in Yemen after they seized the presidential palace in second city Aden
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8 AugustMiddle East
Syria government ‘categorically rejects’ US-Turkey buffer zone plans
Damascus said it rejects a US-Turkish plan to establish a buffer zone in northern Syria, blaming Syria's Kurds for the proposal
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8 AugustBusiness
South Korea cleared for $800 million MH-60R Seahawk helicopters purchase
The US State Department approved the sale to South Korea of 12 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk multi-role helicopters at an estimated cost of $800 million
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7 AugustMiddle East
Turkey and US agree to jointly administer northern Syria border zone
The US and Turkey agreed to establish a joint operations center to administer a proposed buffer zone on Syria’s northeastern border
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7 AugustAfrica
Nigeria: Female Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 3 in Mafa
Two female suicide bombers killed three civilians and wounded eight in a suspected Boko Haram attack in Borno, northeast Nigeria
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7 AugustAsia Pacific
Taliban car bomb at Afghanistan police station in Kabul injures nearly 100
Scores of people were wounded when a Taliban car bomb detonated at an Afghan police station in Kabul
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6 AugustMiddle East
Esper says US would prevent ‘unilateral’ Turkish action against SDF in northern Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to "eliminate" the YPG in northeast Syria – a move deemed "unacceptable" by the Pentagon
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6 AugustEurope
Ukraine soldiers killed in RPG attack near Pavlopil
Four Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a grenade attack in the war-torn east of the country, the highest daily casualty toll over the past two weeks
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6 AugustAsia Pacific
Taliban threaten to attack Afghanistan presidential elections
The Taliban warned Afghans to keep away from election rallies and ordered its fighters to "stand against" the planned September vote
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