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Africa
Calls Mount in DR Congo to Scrap Emergency Measures in East
Political figures and members of DR Congo's civil society called for the authorities to scrap emergency measures in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
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Business
BAE Agrees to Buy Ball Aerospace for $5.55 Billion
BAE Systems has agreed to buy US company Ball Aerospace from the Ball Corporation for about $5.55 billion.
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Arms
Israel Says US OKs ‘Landmark’ Missile Defense Deal With Germany
Israel said the US approved the "landmark" sale of the Arrow 3 hypersonic missile defense system to Germany, in the country's biggest military deal worth $3.5 billion.
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Africa
Truce Holds in Libya After Clashes Kill 55
Tripoli's worst armed clashes in a year have killed 55 people and wounded 146, Libyan media reported, after a truce took hold in the capital and air traffic resumed.
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Europe
Russia Says ‘Eliminated’ Four Ukrainian ‘Saboteurs’ at Border
Moscow said it had "eliminated" a group of four Ukrainian fighters who tried to cross into Russia's western Bryansk region.
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Middle East
Jordan Says Shot Down TNT-Loaded Drone From Syria
Jordan's army said it shot down a drone loaded with TNT explosives trying to enter its airspace from Syria.
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Africa
Seventeen Troops Killed in New Niger Attack
Seventeen troops died in a jihadist ambush in Niger, in a reminder of the nation's deep security crisis as its military rulers face off against neighbors determined to reverse last month's coup.
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Americas
US Navy Decommissions USS Sioux City After Less Than Five Years
The US Navy has decommissioned Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City in Mayport, Florida, after less than five years in service.
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Europe
Ukraine Says Recaptured Village of Urozhaine on Southern Front
Kyiv said its forces had liberated the settlement of Urozhaine in the industrial Donetsk region as part of a push to wrest Russian forces along the southern front in Ukraine.
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Americas
Pentagon Says It Will Not Change Abortion Access Policy
The Pentagon will not change its policy of helping US troops access abortions to compromise with a conservative lawmaker stalling hundreds of military nominations, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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