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Asia Pacific
Sri Lanka ends state of emergency declared after Easter attacks
Sri Lanka has ended a four-month state of emergency declared after Easter suicide bombings by Islamist extremists that killed 258 people
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Asia Pacific
South Korea to end military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan
South Korea said it will terminate its military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan amid intensifying trade and diplomatic disputes
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Middle East
UAE denies it supports Yemen’s southern separatists capture of Aden
The UAE rejected accusations it supported Yemeni separatists in their seizure of the government's de facto capital Aden
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Business
US approves $8 billion sale of 66 F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan
The US State Department approved the sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan, in a move expected to anger China
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Middle East
Yemen separatists seize two government military camps outside Aden
Yemeni separatists seized two government military camps days after agreeing to partially withdraw from government buildings in the capital
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Technology
US tests medium-range cruise missile after INF treaty pullout
The US announced the test of a medium-range ground-launched cruise missile after tearing up the INF deal eliminating such potentially nuclear-capable weapons
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Africa
Nigeria soldiers ambushed in Mogula near Cameroon border
Four Nigerian troops were killed in an ambush in Borno state carried out by fighters suspected to be from Islamic State West Africa Province
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Asia Pacific
Pakistan: IED explosion at Balochistan mosque kills 2
At least two people were killed and more than two dozen injured after a blast at a mosque in southwestern Pakistan during Friday prayers
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Asia Pacific
Five killed in Pakistan, India cross-border fire in Kashmir
Five people died in firing along the de facto border in disputed Kashmir, the Pakistani military and local officials said
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Africa
Al-Shabaab attacks Somalia army base near Mogadishu
An army base in southern Somalia was struck by car bombs and gunfire in an attack claimed by Al-Shabaab
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