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Africa
2,000 flee Jakana as Nigeria army prepares offensive against Islamic State
Around 2,000 people have been forced to flee Jakana to an IDP camp near Maiduguri ahead of a Nigeria military offensive against Boko Haram
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Africa
MINUSCA peacekeepers in deadly clashes with FDPC armed group in western Central African Republic
At least three militia members were killed when UN peacekeepers clashed with the FDPC armed group in western Central African Republic
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Middle East
Double car bomb in Syria’s Raqqa kills at least 8, mostly civilians
A double bomb attack in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, a former ISIS bastion, killed at least eight people, mostly civilians
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Asia Pacific
India: Deadly attack on BJP election convoy in Chhattisgarh blamed on Maoist rebels
Indian police said Maoist rebels were behind a deadly IED and gun attack on a BJP election convoy in central Chhattisgarh state
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Asia Pacific
Japan F-35 fighter disappears over Pacific east of Misawa
A Japanese F-35 stealth fighter jet with one pilot on board disappeared from radar while on a training mission over the Pacific, the defense ministry said
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Africa
Mali soldiers shoot civilians in Dioura after ‘surprise’ mortar test fire
Malian soldiers shot dead at least one villager and injured four others after an explosion they mistook for an attack in Dioura in the central Mopti region
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Europe
German ISIS woman on trial for war crimes accused of letting Yazidi slave girl die of thirst
A German woman who joined ISIS went on trial accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi slave girl die of thirst in the sun
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Americas
Trump designates Iran’s IRGC as foreign terrorist organization in US first
President Donald Trump announced the US is designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization
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Middle East
UN humanitarian coordinator urges investigation into Yemen students’ deaths blamed on airstrike
The UN called for an investigation into the deaths of 11 civilians in Yemen's capital, where rebels accused a Saudi-led coalition of carrying out an airstrike
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Asia Pacific
Taliban kill 12 Afghanistan security forces in Badghis province assault
Taliban fighters have killed 12 security forces in the last 48 hours in clashes in Afghanistan's western province of Badghis
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