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Asia Pacific
Bomb blast kills four police officers in Indian Kashmir
Four police officers were killed in a explosion in Indian Kashmir suspected to have been set off by Islamist militants, police and reports said
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Africa
ISIS-allied Boko Haram faction claims killing of Nigerian troops
The Islamic State faction of Boko Haram on Friday said it was responsible for a late December attack on Nigerian army barracks.
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Asia Pacific
China’s Xi tells army ‘don’t fear death’ in rare address
Chinese President Xi Jinping has issued a blunt call for the country's military to be ready for war and unafraid to die defending the country
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Middle East
Saudi-led strikes on Yemen kill dozens of Houthi fighters and civilians
Saudi-led air strikes have killed dozens of rebels and civilians in the past 24 hours in Yemen's Hodeidah province, medical sources said
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Middle East
Two Russian servicemen killed in Syria mortar attack
Russia's defence ministry said 2 servicemen were killed in an attack in Syria on New Year's Eve, but denied reports planes had been destroyed
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Asia Pacific
Two children die in Vietnam as cache of old bullets explodes
Two children were killed and several people injured when an illegally stored cache of bullets exploded near Vietnam's capital Hanoi
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Middle East
Norway suspends arms exports to UAE over Yemen war
Norway announced it has suspended arms and ammunition exports to the UAE because of the nation's involvement in the Yemen war.
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Middle East
Gunman kills 9 in attack on Coptic church in Egypt
A gunman opened fire on a church south of Cairo on Friday, killing at least nine people in an apparent Islamist attack on Egypt's Christian minority
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Middle East
US-led Coalition in Iraq and Syria acknowledges 16 more civilian deaths, bringing total to at least 817
The U.S.-led Coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq acknowledged 16 more civilian deaths in air or artillery strikes, increasing the number killed to at least 817
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Middle East
Saudi-led coalition airstrikes kill 68 Yemen civilians in a single day – UN
68 Yemeni civilians were killed in two air raids by the Saudi-led Arab coalition, the UN humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen Jamie McGoldrick said
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