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Asia Pacific
Taiwan confirms request to purchase US Abrams tanks, Javelin and TOW missiles
Taiwan confirmed it is hoping to buy Abrams tanks and Javelin and TOW missiles from the US in a proposed deal that drew a rebuke from China
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Africa
Egypt security forces raid Islamic State ‘hideout’ after North Sinai attack
Egyptian security forces have killed 14 suspected militants during a raid carried out in North Sinai in response to a deadly checkpoint attack
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Africa
Sudan SPLM-N rebel deputy leader arrested ahead of military talks
SPLM-N rebel group deputy Yasir Arman, who returned to Sudan to take part in talks with the military, was detained following an army crackdown on protests
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Africa
Egypt security forces killed in Sinai checkpoint attacks
Egyptian security personnel were killed in militant attacks on several security posts near Arish in the restive North Sinai region
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Asia Pacific
Japan ends search for missing F-35 fighter jet
Japan called off its search for an F-35A, almost two months after the jet crashed into the sea sparking a scramble to recover the pilot and secrets onboard
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Africa
Sudan military cancels civilian transition deal after deadly crackdown on protesters
Sudan's military cancelled a power-transfer agreement with protesters and called for elections within nine months, a day after forcefully breaking up a weeks-long sit-in
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Africa
Attacks foiled in Niamey and Diffa, Niger defense ministry says
Security forces in Niger foiled three weekend attacks in the capital Niamey and in the southeastern city of Diffa, the government said
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Business
US approves $1.7 billion sale to Bulgaria of 8 F-16 fighter jets
The US State Department approved the $1.673 billion sale to Bulgaria of eight F-16 fighter jets and associated equipment, weapons and training
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Africa
Islamic State fighters attack Nigeria military bases in Lake Chad area
Islamic State militants carried out attacks on Nigerian military bases in Marte, Kirenowa and Dikwa in the Lake Chad area over the weekend
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Norway to repatriate 5 orphan children of ISIS adherents from Syria
The Kurdish administration in northeast Syria handed over five orphans from a family who joined ISIS to Norwegian authorities
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