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Asia Pacific
North Korea confirms dismissal of top military general
North Korea state media confirmed the sacking of the country's military chief Hwang Pyong So, after Southern reports said he had been fired for corruption
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Middle East
Tajikistan pardons more than 100 citizens who returned from Syria and Iraq
Tajikistan has pardoned more than 100 of its nationals following their return home from Syria and Iraq, where they had joined radical Islamist groups, the interior minister said
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Asia Pacific
Philippines says Bell helicopters purchased from Canada ‘not for attack’
The Philippine military denied it planned to use 16 Bell 412EPI helicopters bought from Canada as attack aircraft against local insurgents, following reports Ottawa was reviewing the deal
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Middle East
UN Security Council to discuss Syria humanitarian truce
The United Nations Security Council will hold a closed-door meeting on Thursday to discuss an appeal from U.N. aid officials for a month-long humanitarian ceasefire in Syria, diplomats said
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Middle East
Iraqi forces attack ISIS remnants around Tuz Khurmatu
Iraqi forces backed by the U.S.-led Coalition began a major operation against Islamic State fighters hiding out in a northeastern desert region, the military said.
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Middle East
Syria says intercepted Israeli airstrikes near Damascus
Syrian air defense systems intercepted an Israeli air attack on a military position near the capital Damascus, the army said.
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Africa
Boko Haram kills two as military says group ‘defeated’
Boko Haram fighters stormed a village in northeast Nigeria and killed two people, a local resident and a security source said as the military maintained the group had been defeated
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Middle East
On mountain frontline, Yemen army makes push for Sana’a
Yemen's army is making a push for Nihm, a key gateway to the capital Sanaa, which has been held by rebel Houthi fighters since September 2014
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Americas
Pentagon proposes new ‘lower-yield’ nuclear weapons to better deter Russia
The administration of US President Donald Trump called on Friday for the revamping of the country's nuclear arsenal and developing new low-yield atomic bombs.
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