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Asia Pacific
UK to send 440 additional troops to Afghanistan, nearly doubling deployment
UK Prime Minister Theresa May will pledge 440 extra troops to Afghanistan during the NATO summit in Brussels
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Asia Pacific
Militants attack Afghan government building in Nangarhar province
Militants raided a government building in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, setting off explosions in an ongoing attack
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Middle East
South Syria rebels say negotiations with Russia have failed
Rebels from south Syria said talks with Russia had collapsed after Moscow threatened a renewed military offensive if they did not agree to tough surrender terms
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Africa
Nigeria police find bodies of 41 people suspected killed by vigilantes
Nigeria police found the bodies of 41 men with their throats cut in Zamfara state in an area notorious as a hideout for criminal gangs
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Middle East
Iraqi forces launch major operation against ISIS over civilian executions
Iraqi forces launched a major operation against remnants of Islamic State following public anger over the jihadists' murder of a group of abducted civilians.
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Middle East
Iraq urges repatriation of children of ISIS fighters
Iraq has called for the home countries of foreign ISIS fighters held in its jails to repatriate hundreds of children of the captured militants
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Peace
UN peacekeeping budget of $6.7 billion agreed
U.N. member countries on Sunday, July 1 agreed to a peacekeeping budget of just under $6.7 billion, according to diplomatic sources.
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Middle East
UAE pauses assault on Yemen’s Hodeidah as UN pushes for Houthi withdrawal
The UAE announced it halted the offensive it is backing against Houthi rebels in Yemen's port city of Hodeidah, to give a chance to UN efforts
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Asia Pacific
Afghanistan: Ghani orders resumption of operations against the Taliban
Afghan security forces resumed operations after President Ashraf Ghani declared an end to the unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban
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Africa
UN Security Council extends Mali peacekeeping mission
The UN Security Council unanimously renewed its peacekeeping mission in Mali for a year, urging the country to make progress toward peace
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