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Peace
UN peacekeeping missions threatened by $2 billion budget gap
The UN is struggling with almost $2 billion in unpaid contributions to its peacekeeping budget, with current cash balances covering less than two months of operations
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Asia Pacific
Afghanistan: Taliban claim responsibility for deadly vehicle bomb in Kabul’s Green Village
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a powerful truck bomb in Kabul's Green Village that killed at least four people and wounded more than 100
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Middle East
New UN envoy for Syria makes first Damascus trip
The new UN envoy to Syria began his first trip to Damascus, facing the daunting task of rekindling peace talks and succeeding where his predecessors failed
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Africa
Boko Haram militants overrun Rann near Nigeria border with Cameroon
Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base in remote northeast Nigeria, setting fire to shelters for those made homeless by the conflict
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Africa
Mozambique: Islamist militants suspected in Cabo Delgado killings
Militant Islamists are suspected to have killed 12 people in the Cabo Delgado region of northern Mozambique as they shift attacks to vehicles
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Asia Pacific
Afghanistan: Dozens wounded in Kabul car bomb attack
A car packed with explosives blew up near a heavily fortified foreign compound in Kabul, killing at least four people and wounding more than 90
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Europe
OPCW to add Novichok nerve agent to banned substance list
The OPCW agreed to add nerve agent Novichok, used in the Salisbury attack against a former Russian agent, to its list of banned substances
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Middle East
Iran military cargo plane crash kills 15, army says
A military cargo plane crashed near the Iranian capital Tehran, the army said, with at least 13 people on board killed
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Middle East
Israel has struck targets in Syria hundreds of times, Netanyahu says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel had at the weekend carried out an airstrike in Syria, a rare public confirmation of such attacks
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Middle East
Syria air defenses shoot down Israeli missiles near Damascus
Syrian air defenses shot down Israeli missiles near Damascus, the official SANA news agency reported, citing a military source
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