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Taliban kill Afghan troops and civilians in latest wave of attacks

The Taliban have killed at least 23 Afghan troops and nine civilians in as a fresh wave of violence despite…

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Nigeria records first coronavirus death in conflict-hit Borno state

Nigeria confirmed its first coronavirus infection in insurgency-hit Borno, after a medic with Doctors Without Borders died from COVID-19

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Burkina Faso security forces accused of executing 31 detainees in Djibo

Burkina Faso's security forces allegedly executed 31 unarmed detainees in the northern town of Djibo, Human Rights Watch said

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Half of French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle crew test positive for COVID-19

Nearly half of the 2,300 sailors aboard France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak…

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Abu Sayyaf militants kill and wound two dozen Philippine soldiers in Sulu attack

Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militants killed 11 Philippine soldiers and wounded 14 others in the group's deadliest attack in over…

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Nigeria security forces kill 18 in coronavirus lockdown enforcement

Nigerian security agents killed 18 people in their enforcement of measures to curb coronavirus, a figure higher than the documented…

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Nearly 700 sailors from French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle test positive for coronavirus

A third of the nearly 2,000 sailors who were aboard France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and support craft when…

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Defectors quit last US-backed rebel group in Syria, head for regime territory

A suspected drug smuggler and other former member of Maghawir al-Thawra, the last US-backed rebel group in Syri,a defected to…

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Israeli drone strike targets Hezbollah members in Syria near Lebanon border

An Israeli drone targeted a car of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement just inside Syria near the border with Lebanon without…

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Germany arrests 5 Tajiks in suspected ISIS cell planning attacks on US forces

German police arrested five Tajik nationals on suspicion that they were members of an ISIS cell that had been planning…

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