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‘Terrorists’ kill 17 civilians in Belehede, northern Burkina Faso, minister says
Militants killed 17 civilians in a nighttime attack in Belehede village in the Department of Tongomayel in the Sahel region of northern Burkina Faso
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Two Niger police officers killed in attack on police station near capital Niamey
Two police officers were killed when gunmen attacked a police station north of the Niger capital Niamey
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Mali: Dozens killed in Dogon villages near Burkina Faso border
Dozens of people were killed and many others wounded in attacks in the ethnic Dogon villages of Gangafani and Yoro in Mopti region of central Mali
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Galapagos Islands will not host US military base, Ecuador president says
Ecuador President Lenin Moreno insisted that the US would not install a military base on the Galapagos Islands, although US aircraft will use an airport there
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Esper named new US acting defense secretary after Shanahan withdraws
US President Donald Trump said his pick for defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, has withdrawn, leaving the Pentagon without a permanent boss for more than six months
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Pentagon announces $250 million in military aid for Ukraine
The US announced a $250 million military aid package for war-torn Ukraine to strengthen the former Soviet republic's naval and land capabilities
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Canadian paratrooper killed, 3 others injured during Exercise Swift Response in Bulgaria
A Canadian paratrooper died and three others – a Canadian and two US soldiers – were injured in the US Army Europe-led Exercise Swift Response in Bulgaria
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France, Germany and Spain sign next-generation combat jet agreement
France, Germany and Spain unveiled the first concept models for the Future Combat Air System jet, an ambitious project aimed at bringing together EU military forces
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Nigeria: Dozens killed in Boko Haram triple suicide bombing in Konduga, Borno state
A triple suicide bombing by Boko Haram killed 30 people in the northeastern Nigerian town of Konduga, emergency services said
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Syria: HTS rocket fire kills 12 people south of Aleppo
Rocket fire killed 12 civilians in a regime-held village in Syria, state news agency SANA has said blaming al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
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