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Middle East
Houthi missile strike on Yemen military base kills 6, forces hospital closure
Six people, including four civilians, were killed in an attack by Yemeni rebels on a military base in the Red Sea coastal town of Mokha
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Africa
Burkina Faso: Dozens killed and injured in complex attack on Boungou gold mine convoy
An attack on a convoy transporting local employees of Canadian company Semafo near its Boungou gold mine in eastern Burkina Faso left 37 people dead
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Africa
Libyan police officers killed in airstrike on Tripoli station
Two Libyan policemen were killed in an air strike on a police station in the suburbs of Tripoli late Tuesday, the Government of National Accord said. Its interior ministry blamed the strike on the self-styled Libyan National Army of General Khalifa Haftar, who launched an offensive against the capital in April. Hundreds of people – both combatants and civilians – have been killed in the fighting and tens of thousands have fled. “The air force of war criminal Haftar targeted the headquarters of the rapid intervention force… in Ain Zara on Tuesday, killing two security agents,” the ministry said in a statement. It added that four other people were wounded and posted pictures on its Facebook page of police cars in flames. With reporting from AFP
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Business
UAE merges more than 25 defense industry firms into EDGE group
The de facto leader of the United Arab Emirates announced the formation of a government-controlled defense industry conglomerate EDGE
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Asia Pacific
Tajikistan security forces killed in border clashes blamed on ISIS
Tajikistan said Islamic State fighters who crossed the border from Afghanistan were behind a clash with security forces that left 17 people dead
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Europe
UK to extend Ukraine training mission Operation Orbital by 3 years
Operation Orbital, the United Kingdom's security training mission to Ukraine, has been extended by three years
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Middle East
Yemen government and southern separatists sign power-sharing deal
Yemen's government signed a power-sharing deal with southern separatists in an initiative to end a conflict within the country's civil war
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Middle East
Turkey says it arrested dead ISIS leader Baghdadi’s sister in Azaz
Turkish forces in northern Syria detained a sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS who was killed in a US raid last week
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Business
AeroVironment lands $6.4 million Raven tactical UAS follow-on contract for Southeast Asian military
AeroVironment was awarded a $6.4 million contract from a Southeast Asian military customer for Raven unmanned aircraft systems
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Asia Pacific
Grenade blast in Kashmir market kills 1, injures 17
At least one person was killed and 17 wounded in a grenade blast at a crowded market in Indian-administered Kashmir's main city Srinagar, police and doctors said
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