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Asia Pacific
Suicide bomber targets Afghanistan’s election commission headquarters in Kabul
A suicide bomber targeting the headquarters of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission killed at least one person and wounded six
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Africa
Crew of Swiss ship freed after September kidnapping off Nigeria
Twelve crew members of MV Glarus, a Swiss ship seized off Nigeria in September have been freed, Swiss judicial officials said
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Asia Pacific
Afghanistan: Police and civilians killed in Taliban suicide attack in Wardak
A suicide car bomb attack on a bus carrying police officers and workers in central Afghanistan killed at least five people, officials said
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Asia Pacific
Pakistan releases Taliban leader Baradar after US peace talks with militants in Qatar
Top Taliban commander Abdul Ghani Baradar held in Pakistan for eight years has been freed in an apparent move to aid talks between the United States and the militant group
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Air
Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket fire evades Iron Dome
Israeli warplanes hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the territory into southern Israel, the IDF said
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Asia Pacific
Afghanistan investigates reports of civilians killed in operation against ISIS in Nangarhar
Afghan officials launched an investigation into claims at least 14 civilians were killed in a military ground operation targeting Islamic State in their stronghold in the eastern Nangarhar province.
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Europe
France seeks to repatriate some children of ISIS foreign fighters
France is seeking to repatriate some of the 150 children of French ISIS fighters identified as being in Syria
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Business
Israel’s IAI wins $777 million India navy contract for Barak 8 air defense missile systems
Israel Aerospace Industries said it had won a $777 million order for the Barak 8 air defense system for seven Indian Navy warships
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Americas
Colombia arrests 8 soldiers over farmer’s murder
Colombian authorities arrested eight soldiers over the murder of a farmer earlier this year, one of thousands of such cases involving security forces under investigation
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Middle East
Iraq: Car bomb at market near Mosul kills 6
A car bomb attack killed six people and wounded 26 more at a market in Al Qayyarah near Islamic State former Iraqi capital of Mosul
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