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Africa
Insurgents Behead at Least 20 During Mozambique Initiation Ceremony
Suspected militants beheaded over a dozen men and teenagers participating in a male initiation ceremony in northern Mozambique, local sources said Wednesday.
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Africa
Elite European Anti-Jihadist Task Force Takuba Takes First Steps in Sahel
The Task Force Takuba's first mission was a sweep operation conducted in the lawless Mali-Burkina Faso border region last month, alongside local troops and French regulars.
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Middle East
Kurdish Militants Kill Iraqi Kurdish Soldier: Sources
Kurdish militants opposed to Turkey killed a member of the Kurdish peshmerga units in northern Iraq on Wednesday, officials said, in a new escalation between the rival forces.
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Africa
Gunmen Kill 8 in Central Mali Attack
Gunmen have killed eight people in central Mali, a local official and security ministry staffer said Wednesday, in the latest violence to hit the war-torn Sahel state.
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Middle East
Israeli Soldiers Shoot Dead Palestinian Who Fired on Troops: Army
A Palestinian who shot at Israeli troops near Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday was killed when soldiers returned fire, Israel's army said.
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Africa
Ethiopia PM Orders Riposte After ‘Attack’ on Army Camp in Restive Tigray
Ethiopia declared a state of emergency in Tigray after PM Ahmed ordered a military response to a deadly attack by the ruling party of the restive region on a camp housing federal troops.
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Africa
Second Aid Worker Shot Dead in South Sudan in a Week
The United Nations said Tuesday that a second aid worker had been murdered in South Sudan this week in a vast and isolated region scarred by armed violence and lawlessness.
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Asia Pacific
India Hosts Key Naval Exercise with Eye on China
India, Australia, Japan, and the United States started a strategic navy drill Tuesday in the Bay of Bengal, with all four countries keeping a wary eye on China's growing military power.
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Africa
French Airstrikes Kill Over 50 Qaeda-Linked Jihadists in Mali
The French government said Monday its forces had killed more than 50 jihadists aligned to Al-Qaeda in air strikes in central Mali.
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Africa
DR Congo Begins Disarmament of Rebels in Troubled Ituri
DR Congo's government has begun a process of disarming a rebel movement active in the restive province of Ituri for two decades, eight months after a peace agreement was signed.
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