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Africa
Rwanda Sends 1,000 Troops to Insurgency-Hit Mozambique
Rwanda will send a thousand troops to Mozambique to help the country battle extremist militants wreaking havoc in the north of the gas-rich nation.
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Asia Pacific
Taliban Claim to Control 85 Percent of Afghanistan
Hours after President Joe Biden issued a staunch defense of the US withdrawal, the Taliban claimed to be in control of 85 percent of Afghanistan, including a key border crossing with Iran.
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Asia Pacific
Kyrgyz Border Guard Killed in Shootout With Tajik Forces
Kyrgyzstan said one of its border guards was killed in a clash with Tajik forces, a day after Tajikistan accused the Kyrgyz of entering its territory to steal horses.
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Americas
Biden Says Kabul’s Fall to Taliban ‘Not Inevitable’ as Fighting Rages
Joe Biden on Thursday defended the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, saying it was "not inevitable" that the country would fall to the emboldened Taliban, and confirmed the US exit would be completed by August 31.
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Air
Russian Jet Alarm Interrupts Spain PM’s Press Briefing
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was forced to interrupt a press conference at a NATO airbase in Lithuania on Thursday when jets there were scrambled to intercept Russian warplanes.
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Africa
Bandits Kill 18 in Northwest Nigeria Raid
Armed attackers known as bandits have killed 18 people in a raid on a village in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state.
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Americas
Rockets Fired at US Embassy in Iraq After Attacks on Bases
Three rockets were fired at the US embassy in Iraq early Thursday that was marked by rocket and drone attacks on bases hosting American forces in Iraq and Syria.
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Air
Syria Kurds Say Thwarted Drone Attacks Near Coalition Base
Syrian Kurdish forces said they repelled drone attacks Wednesday near a major base of the US-led coalition battling Islamic State group remnants, in the second such attack in days.
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Middle East
Taliban Launch Assault on Afghan Provincial Capital Qala-i-Naw
The Taliban launched their first assault on a provincial capital in Afghanistan, since waging a major offensive against government forces.
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Americas
US Calls on Iran to Stop Nuclear ‘Brinksmanship’
The United States warned Iran to stop nuclear "brinksmanship," saying the country's latest efforts to enrich uranium could complicate its return to talks aimed at restarting the 2015 nuclear accord.
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