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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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Africa
Cameroon soldiers killed in ‘Boko Haram’ attack near Fotokol
Six Cameroon soldiers were killed in Soueram near Fotokol in the Lake Chad area near the border with Nigeria in an attack blamed on "Boko Haram"
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Middle East
UAE soldiers killed in military vehicle collision in ‘operations field’
The UAE, a key member of the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, said six of its soldiers were killed in a "collision of military vehicles" while on duty
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Middle East
UN report details possible ‘war crimes’ by many sides in Syrian war
The US rejected a UN report alleging complicity in possible "war crimes" in Syria's civil war, including during airstrikes and raids
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Business
Morocco cleared for $985 million TOW missile and F-16 bomb purchases
The US State Department approved the $985 million sale to Morocco of 2,400 anti-tank guided missiles and more than 6,000 bombs for its F-16 aircraft
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Africa
Nearly 22,000 people missing in decade-long Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria
Nearly 22,000 people, mostly children, are missing as a result of the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria, the ICRC said
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