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Asia Pacific
Pilot dies in Myanmar military plane crash
A Myanmar pilot died on Tuesday after a "technical failure" caused his military jet fighter to plummet into a paddy field in the center of the country, the army said
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Africa
US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 5, Africom says
An airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed five on April 1, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said
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Asia Pacific
Afghan airstrike targeting Taliban in religious school kills and injures civilians
An Afghan airstrike on a religious school in a Taliban stronghold in Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz province caused multiple casualties, including civilians, Afghan officials and witnesses said
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Africa
Boko Haram attacks on military base and villages in Nigeria leave at least 18 dead
At least 18 people were killed and dozens were wounded in coordinated Boko Haram attacks overnight on a military camp and villages around the Nigerian city of Maiduguri
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Middle East
6 Turkish women sentenced to death for ISIS membership in Iraq
A Iraqi court sentenced six Turkish women to death and a seventh to life in prison for ISIS membership after they surrendered to Kurdish Peshmerga after fleeing Tal Afar
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Africa
Al-Shabaab attack on African Union military base in Somalia reportedly leaves dozens dead
Dozen were reportedly killed after heavily-armed al-Shabaab militants attacked an African Union military camp in Somalia where peacekeepers from Uganda are stationed
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Asia Pacific
At least 16 killed as fighting rages across Indian Kashmir
At least 16 people were killed in Indian Kashmir in some of the fiercest fighting this year, police said Sunday, as authorities braced for more violence
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Middle East
ISIS claims eastern Libya suicide bombing that killed 8
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Libya that killed eight people, including civilians
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Asia Pacific
US gives patrol boats to Vietnam amid South China Sea tensions
The US delivered 6 patrol boats and equipment worth $20 million to Vietnam, the US embassy in Hanoi said, as the former foes boost ties amid continuing tensions in the South China Sea
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Africa
10 civilians, Uganda rebel killed in DR Congo as UN security council renews MONUSCO peacekeeping mission
Ten civilians and a militant died in Beni in Democratic Republic of Congo's east on the day the U.N. Security Council renewed its MONUSCO peacekeeping mission until 2019
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