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Europe
New IRA says it planted bomb under Northern Ireland police officer’s car
The New IRA dissident republican group said it put an explosive device found under the car of a Northern Ireland police officer
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Middle East
US repatriates 6 women and 2 children with ties to ISIS from Syria
The northeast Syria administration said two American women and six children were repatriated from a camp housing thousands who fled ISIS's "caliphate"
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Middle East
Trump approves plan to deploy 1,500 more US troops to counter Iran in the Persian Gulf
President Donald Trump will deploy 1,500 US troops to counter Iran in the region with plans for additional assets and weapons sales to allies
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Asia Pacific
Ghazni vehicle blast kills 3, Afghanistan interior ministry says
At least three people were killed and more than a dozen others reported injured after an explosion in the central Afghan city of Ghazni
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Asia Pacific
Afghanistan police killed in ‘friendly fire’ US airstrike in Helmand province
More than a dozen Afghan police officers were killed in an airstrike carried out by international forces in Helmand province
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Middle East
US orders non-emergency personnel to leave Baghdad and Erbil missions
The US State Department ordered a partial evacuation of its embassy in Iraq and consulate in Erbil amid increased tensions with Iran
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Blog
US and Iran sound the retreat after beating drums of war
US and Iranian leadership displayed rare agreement in comments as officials sought to publicly downplay the possibility of military conflict
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Africa
US airstrike kills 13 Somalia ISIS fighters, AFRICOM says
A US airstrike in has killed 13 Islamic State fighters in the Golis mountains in northern Somalia, US Africa Command said
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Politics
US Senate confirms new AFRICOM and EUCOM commanders
The US Senate confirmed General Stephen Townsend and General Tod Wolters as the new AFRICOM and EUCOM commanders
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Asia Pacific
Pro-government forces kill more Afghanistan civilians than insurgents, UN finds
The number of Afghanistan civilians killed and wounded at the hands of pro-government forces increased in the first three months of the year even as civilian casualties fell
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