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Africa
Central African Republic seeks UN approval for China arms deliveries
Central African Republic asked the U.N. Security Council to approve deliveries of Chinese armored vehicles, rockets, machine guns, tear gas, ammunition and other equipment for its army and police
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Asia Pacific
Suicide bomber hits Afghanistan ministry hours before ceasefire with Taliban starts
At least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded by a suicide bomber outside a government ministry in Kabul, a day before a government ceasefire with the Taliban begins
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Asia Pacific
Taliban announce temporary ceasefire, overlapping with Afghan government’s pause
The Taliban announced its first ceasefire in Afghanistan since the 2001 US invasion, with a three-day halt in hostilities against the country's security forces
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Business
Bulgaria parliament approves spending $1.9 billion on fighter jets, armored vehicles
Bulgaria's parliament approved on Friday, June 8 spending over 3.2 billion leva ($1.9 billion) for new fighter jets and armoured vehicles to update its aging fleet of Soviet-built equipment.
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Africa
Five Kenyan police killed in roadside bomb blast near Somalia border
Five Kenyan paramilitary police officers were killed after their vehicle struck a homemade landmine in Liboi, close to the eastern border with Somalia, a government official said
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Europe
Sweden mobilizes 22,000 home guard reservists for major military exercise
Marking its national day, Sweden called up 22,000 reservists for an exercise of a scale not seen in 40 years as tensions simmer between the West and Russia
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Africa
Suspected Mozambique jihadists kill 7 people with ‘machetes,’ burn 164 homes
Suspected jihadists hacked seven people to death with machetes and set dozens of homes on fire in northern Mozambique, police said, in a region that has suffered a spate incidents in recent weeks
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Asia Pacific
India air force pilot dies after Jaguar fighter jet crash in Gujarat
An Indian Air Force pilot was killed after his Jaguar fighter jet crashed near the country's border with Pakistan
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Africa
US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 27 militants, Africom says
U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in Somalia, killing 27 militants associated with al-Shabaab, the Somali-led affiliate of al-Qaeda, U.S. Africa Command said
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Africa
Mozambique police kill 9 ‘insurgents’ in Cabo Delgado province
Police in Mozambique said that they killed nine "insurgents" in the country's far north after ten people were decapitated by suspected jihadists in the region a week earlier
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