Year: 2019
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Jun- 2019 -11 JuneAfrica
Mali: Massacre in Dogon village leaves 35 people dead
A gruesome overnight attack on a Dogon village in central Mali left 35 people dead, in the latest violence to strike the region
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10 JuneMiddle East
France and Netherlands to repatriate 14 children of ISIS adherents from Syria
The French and Dutch governments will bring home 14 orphaned children of ISIS adherents from northeast Syria, autonomous administration official Abdulkarim Omar said
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7 JuneEurope
New IRA says it planted bomb under Northern Ireland police officer’s car
The New IRA dissident republican group said it put an explosive device found under the car of a Northern Ireland police officer
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7 JuneAsia Pacific
US and Russia navies accuse each other of unsafe maneuvers in Indo-Pacific
Russia and the U.S. have accused each other of unsafe maneuvers in the Indo-Pacific, each saying vessels from the other’s navies put crews and ships at risk. Russia on Friday, June 7 accused a U.S. naval ship of carrying out a dangerous maneuver by sailing within 50 meters of a Russian naval vessel in the East China Sea. The USS Chancellorsville guided-missile cruiser suddenly turned early Friday while sailing alongside Russia’s Admiral Vinogradov anti-submarine ship, and cut across the course of the Russian vessel, Interfax news agency reported, citing the press service of Russia’s Pacific Fleet. The ships passed at a distance of just 50 m (164 feet), the fleet said. The Russian ship had to carry out an emergency maneuver to avoid collision, the navy said, adding that it had sent a message of protest to the U.S. cruiser’s commanders. Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, Russia’s former navy chief of staff, accused the U.S. of “hooliganism” in comments to Interfax news agency. The U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet hit back on Friday, saying: “At approximately 11:45 am on June 7, 2019 while operating in the Philippine Sea, a Russian destroyer (Udaloy I DD 572) made an unsafe maneuver against USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), …
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6 JuneAsia Pacific
Taiwan confirms request to purchase US Abrams tanks, Javelin and TOW missiles
Taiwan confirmed it is hoping to buy Abrams tanks and Javelin and TOW missiles from the US in a proposed deal that drew a rebuke from China
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6 JuneAfrica
Egypt security forces raid Islamic State ‘hideout’ after North Sinai attack
Egyptian security forces have killed 14 suspected militants during a raid carried out in North Sinai in response to a deadly checkpoint attack
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5 JuneAfrica
Sudan SPLM-N rebel deputy leader arrested ahead of military talks
SPLM-N rebel group deputy Yasir Arman, who returned to Sudan to take part in talks with the military, was detained following an army crackdown on protests
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5 JuneMiddle East
US repatriates 6 women and 2 children with ties to ISIS from Syria
The northeast Syria administration said two American women and six children were repatriated from a camp housing thousands who fled ISIS's "caliphate"
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5 JuneAfrica
Egypt security forces killed in Sinai checkpoint attacks
Egyptian security personnel were killed in militant attacks on several security posts near Arish in the restive North Sinai region
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4 JuneAfrica
UN report calls for maintaining Mali mission, bolstering Mopti deployment
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for for maintaining MINUSMA peacekeeper numbers in Mali and increasing its presence in Mopti
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