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Taliban and Afghan government both claim control over Ghazni city

Both Taliban and Afghanistan government forces claimed control of the eastern city of Ghazni after insurgents stormed the provincial capital

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Saudi-led coalition announces investigation into Yemen airstrike that killed 29 children

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi rebels announced a probe into an airstrike on a bus that killed at least 29 children

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US carries out airstrikes, Afghan special forces deploy after Taliban attack Ghazni

US forces launched airstrikes and Afghanistan special forces deployed to counter a major Taliban assault on the provincial capital of Ghazni

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Mali: At least 11 Fulani people kidnapped and killed in ethnic attack in Mopti

Eleven Fulani civilians were kidnapped and killed in the latest bout of ethnic violence to hit Mali's restive central region of Mopti, an attack to hunters from the Dogon community

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Boko Haram militants kill 17 Nigerian soldiers in attack on Borno state base

At least 17 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a fresh Boko Haram attack on a military base in the country's northeast, the third assault on military bases in less than a month

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Syrian military shells rebel positions in Idlib, drops leaflets urging ‘reconciliation’

Syrian regime forces shelled rebel and jihadist positions in the Idlib province and dropped leaflets warning of an apparent impending assault

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Central African Republic receives military vehicles from China and the US

Central African Republic's Armed Forces received more than 120 vehicles from both China and the US as part of attempts to boost the country's military capacity

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Saudi-led coalition admits Yemen airstrike that Red Cross says killed dozens of children

The Saudi-led coalition battling in Yemen said it carried out a deadly attack which the Red Cross said hit a bus carrying children

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South Sudan President Kiir pardons rival Machar and rebel groups

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir issued a decree offering an amnesty to rebels including his bitter rival Riek Machar, days after the two signed a power-sharing deal

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Five Kenyan soldiers killed in roadside IED explosion claimed by al Shabaab

Five Kenyan soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in the eastern Lamu county, in an attack claimed by al Shabaab

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