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Africa
Nigeria troops, police officer killed in Boko Haram attack near Damaturu
More than a dozen military and police personnel were killed near Damaturu in northeastern Nigeria in an attack blamed on Islamic State West Africa Province
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Middle East
Order signed to withdraw US troops from Syria
The order to withdraw US troops from Syria has been signed, the military said after President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart agreed to prevent a power vacuum
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Asia Pacific
Afghanistan president replaces defense and interior ministers in surprise shake-up
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani replaced two of the country's top security chiefs with staunch anti-Taliban officials, Amrullah Saleh and Assadullah Khaled
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Middle East
Yemen: Head of UN monitor team arrives in rebel-held capital Sana’a
The head of the UN team tasked with monitoring a fragile ceasefire in Yemen's port city of Hodeidah arrived in the rebel-held capital of Sana'a
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Middle East
Turkey postpones Syria military operation against YPG pending US withdrawal
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a military operation in northern Syria against the YPG had been postponed, but warned the 'waiting period' was not open-ended
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Asia Pacific
Japan unveils record $47 billion defense budget
Japan's defense budget will swell to a record $47 billion next year as it boosts missile defense capabilites and procures stealth jets
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Asia Pacific
Trump plans ‘significant withdrawal’ of US troops from Afghanistan
President Donald Trump has decided to pull a significant number of troops from Afghanistan, a US official told AFP a day after he announced a withdrawal from Syria
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Middle East
Syrian Democratic Council leaders set for Paris talks on US withdrawal
Two top leaders of the SDC, the political arm of the SDF alliance that is battling ISIS, are to visit France for talks on the U.S. military withdrawal from Syria
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Africa
US will continue Syria air campaign as long as American troops are on the ground
Pentagon says the US will continue its air campaign against ISIS in Syria as long as American troops are on the ground, but will not "speculate on future operations"
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Middle East
SDF to keep fighting ISIS unless Turkey attacks
The SDF said it will keep fighting ISIS in Syria unless it comes under Turkish attack, after US President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of troops
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