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Africa
Gunmen kill six in Catholic church in Dablo, northern Burkina Faso
Gunmen killed a priest and five churchgoers during Sunday Mass at a Catholic church in Dablo, northern Burkina Faso
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Asia Pacific
Pakistan: 5 killed in Gwadar hotel attack claimed by Baloch Liberation Army
Five people including a soldier were killed after gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the southwestern Pakistan port city of Gwadar, the military said
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Asia Pacific
Pakistan: Gunmen storm luxury hotel in Gwadar, Balochistan
At least three gunmen stormed the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel in the port city of Gwadar in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province
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Middle East
Kazakhstan repatriates 156 children of ISIS fighters from Syria
Kazakhstan said it had evacuated 231 of its citizens, most of them children, from Syria after they traveled or were taken there to join ISIS
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Africa
French soldiers killed in Burkina Faso raid to free foreign hostages
French forces freed two French hostages as well as an American and a South Korean in Burkina Faso in a raid that cost the lives of two soldiers
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Africa
Nigeria’s Civilian JTF militia releases 900 child recruits
Nearly 900 children held by the Civilian JTF militia fighting Boko Haram insurgents in northeastern Nigeria were freed, UNICEF said
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Business
Qatar cleared for $3 billion purchase of 24 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters
The US approved the sale of 24 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Qatar at an estimated cost of $3 billion, the DSCA said
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Africa
Kenya court jails British terror suspect Jermaine Grant for possessing explosives
A Kenyan court sentenced British terror suspect Jermaine Grant to four years prison for possessing bomb-making materials
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Asia Pacific
North Korea fires missiles in second launch in days
North Korea welcomed a US envoy's visit to Seoul by firing two missiles, the South's military said, in Pyongyang's second launch in less than a week
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Asia Pacific
Death toll in Taliban attack targeting Afghanistan aid workers in Kabul rises to 9
The death toll from the Taliban attack in Kabul has risen to nine, including five members of the Afghan security forces, a guard at Counterpoint and three civilians
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