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Aug- 2019 -7 AugustAsia Pacific
Taliban car bomb at Afghanistan police station in Kabul injures nearly 100
Scores of people were wounded when a Taliban car bomb detonated at an Afghan police station in Kabul
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6 AugustMiddle East
Esper says US would prevent ‘unilateral’ Turkish action against SDF in northern Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to "eliminate" the YPG in northeast Syria – a move deemed "unacceptable" by the Pentagon
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6 AugustEurope
Ukraine soldiers killed in RPG attack near Pavlopil
Four Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a grenade attack in the war-torn east of the country, the highest daily casualty toll over the past two weeks
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6 AugustAsia Pacific
Taliban threaten to attack Afghanistan presidential elections
The Taliban warned Afghans to keep away from election rallies and ordered its fighters to "stand against" the planned September vote
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5 AugustMiddle East
UK joins US in new Persian Gulf maritime security mission
The UK said it would join the US in a "maritime security mission" to protect vessels in the Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Iran
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5 AugustMiddle East
Syria resumes military operations in Idlib province
Syria's army said it would resume operations against the Idlib region, just days after it agreed to a truce ending months of deadly airstrikes
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5 AugustAsia Pacific
Myanmar military’s powerful business interests fund atrocities, UN says
Tougher sanctions are needed against Myanmar's military as economic interests generate a fortune that helps fund atrocities, UN investigators said
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3 AugustAmericas
US police investigate ‘potential hate crime’ after 20 killed in El Paso mass shooting
US police are investigating a "potential hate crime" after a gunman armed with an assault rifle killed 20 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas
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3 AugustMiddle East
A ticking time bomb: Meeting the ISIS women of al-Hol
Mutlu Civiroglu found al-Hol camp in Syria to be a "ticking time bomb" – overcrowded, too large to control, and full of children deeply at risk
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2 AugustAmericas
Russia urges moratorium on missile deployment after US quits INF treaty
Russia called on the US to implement a moratorium on deploying intermediate-range nuclear missiles, as Washington withdrew from the INF treaty
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