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Africa
Former South Sudan military chief Paul Malong launches new rebel group
South Sudan's former army chief of staff Paul Manlong announced the formation of a rebel movement to "arrest the carnage" in the country, saying President Salva Kiir could not be trusted to lead the nation to peace.
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Europe
UN reopens lethal autonomous weapons talks with eye on defining ‘killer robots’
A new round of talks on the use of so-called killer robots reopened at the United Nations, with a focus on defining the characteristics of autonomous lethal weapons.
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Asia Pacific
Indonesia: 9 years jail for ‘mastermind’ of 2017 Jakarta twin suicide bomb attack claimed by ISIS
An Indonesian court sentenced Kiki Muhammad Iqbal, the convicted mastermind of the 2017 deadly twin bombing in Jakarta claimed by ISIS, to nine years in prison.
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Middle East
Ghouta gassed: Dozens killed, hundreds affected by suspected Syria chemical attack
At least 70 people were killed by a suspected chemical weapons attack in Douma, the last opposition-held town in Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, first responders, medics and activists said.
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Middle East
Car bomb kills at least 8 people in Al Bab, Syria
At least eight people were killed and 20 others injured on Saturday after a car bomb exploded near the Grand Mosque in the northern Syrian town of Al Bab
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Africa
UN peacekeeper from Niger shot dead in northern Mali
A U.N. peacekeeper from Niger was shot dead by militants in Gao in northern Mali on Friday, the latest in a spate of deadly attacks on Blue Helmets in the conflict-torn country
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Africa
US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 3, Africom says
An airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed three people on April 5, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said
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Africa
Two UN peacekeepers killed, 10 wounded in Mali mortar attack
Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed and 10 others wounded during an attack on their camp in northeastern Mali, the U.N.'s mission there said.
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Asia Pacific
Taliban vows ‘serious revenge’ over Afghan airstrike that reportedly killed civilians
The Taliban has vowed to "take serious revenge" after an Afghan airstrike in an area controlled by the militant group killed or wounded dozens of people, many of them children
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Africa
Dozens of militants killed in joint operation in Mali, French military says
Thirty militants were killed in a clash with French and Malian troops in Akabar near Mali's border with Niger, the French military said
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