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Africa
US gives control center to Niger for Boko Haram operations
The US turned over a communications and operations center to the Niger army to help the African nation battle Boko Haram
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Middle East
Jordan to hold new talks on Yemen prisoner swap deal
Yemeni government delegates and Houthi rebels will reconvene in Jordan for a new round of talks to thrash out a deal on a prisoner exchange
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Africa
French Mirage 2000 jets strike vehicles that entered Chad from Libya
French Mirage 2000 fighter jets carried out air strikes to halt an armed group that entered northern Chad from Libya in a column of 40 pickups
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Africa
‘Strong’ explosion at busy market in Somalia capital, police say
A powerful blast rocked a busy market in the Somali capital Mogadishu, which is regularly targeted by Al-Shabaab, police said
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Americas
Pentagon orders 3,750 more troops to US-Mexico border
The US will send an additional 3,750 troops to its frontier with Mexico, the Pentagon said, as President Donald Trump doubled down on his call for a border wall
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Middle East
Roadside bomb kills one, injures four in Manbij, Syria
A roadside bomb struck a minibus carrying teachers in Manbij in northern Syria, killing one and injuring four others
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Asia Pacific
Five Philippines troops killed battling Abu Sayyaf on Jolo
A "fierce firefight" killed five Philippine soldiers and three militants from the Abu Sayyaf group suspected of the deadly cathedral bombing in Jolo
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Africa
Boko Haram kills 6 in Toumour near Niger-Nigeria border
Boko Haram militants shot dead six people in Toumour commune in the Diffa region of southern Niger, near the border with Nigeria, a local official said
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Technology
Iran successfully flight tests Hoveizeh long-range cruise missile
Iran announced the successful flight test of its new 1,350 km-range Hoveizeh long-range cruise missile
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Middle East
IRGC member killed in attack on Basij base in southeast Iran
A member of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed and five were wounded in an armed attack in the restive southeast
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