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Middle East
UAE joins new US-led Persian Gulf maritime security mission
The UAE joined a US-led force to protect Gulf shipping as tensions with Iran soared following attacks on Saudi oil facilities
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Asia Pacific
Taliban car bomb in southern Afghanistan kills and injures more than 100, destroys hospital
A Taliban car bomb in Afghanistan's Zabul province targeted an intelligence services building and destroyed a nearby hospital
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Middle East
Pompeo blames Iran for ‘act of war’ in Saudi oil attack, US seeking coalition
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described strikes on Saudi oil installations as an "act of war," and an "Iranian attack"
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Business
UK launches national security investigation into Cobham takeover
The UK launched a national security probe into a £4-billion takeover bid for British defense group Cobham by US private equity firm Advent International
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Europe
Spanish air force training aircraft crash kills instructor and student
A Spanish air force light training aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean sea off the southeastern Murcia coast, killing its pilot and his student
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Europe
Germany extends Saudi arms sales embargo by 6 months
Germany has extended by six months a weapons export freeze against Saudi Arabia imposed a year ago over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
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Africa
Central African Republic: Birao death toll rises to 38 after renewed militia fighting
The death toll after renewed fighting between rival Central African Republic militias in Birao has risen to 38, the UN said
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Asia Pacific
US service member killed in action in Afghanistan, NATO Resolute Support says
US Green Beret Sergeant 1st Class Jeremy W. Griffin was killed in action in Afghanistan's Wardak province, Special Operations Command said
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Africa
Boko Haram suicide bomb and gun attack at Maiduguri university military camp
Boko Haram fighters staged gun and suicide bomb attacks on a military camp outside the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state
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Middle East
Trump says US is ‘locked and loaded’ after attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure
President Donald Trump said the US is "locked and loaded" to respond to attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure sent oil prices soaring
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