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US signals shift to Africa in counter-ISIS Coalition campaign

The United States will seek additional international cooperation to fight Islamic State on a global scale, with a particular focus on Africa

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Dozens of Yemen police killed in twin attacks in Aden

Separate attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels and an ISIS suicide bomber killed at least 49 people in Aden, many of them newly trained police cadets

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Israeli rocket hits southern Syria near Golan Heights, no injuries reported

An Israeli rocket hit near Bariqa in southern Syria without causing any casualties, Syrian state media said

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Renamo signs historic peace pact with Mozambique government

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo opposition leader Ossufo Momade signed a landmark agreement to end decades of hostilities

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ISWAP killed ‘dozens’ of Nigeria and Chad troops near Baga in July 29 clashes

Clashes between the MNJTF and ISWAP fighters near Baga in northeast Nigeria on Monday left 25 soldiers and at least 40 jihadists dead

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Lockheed awarded $800 million Slovakia F-16 fighter jet contract

Lockheed Martin was awarded an almost $800 million contract to produce and support F-16 fighter jets for Slovakia

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Bahrain hosts first Gulf maritime security conference

Bahrain hosted a conference on Gulf maritime security after multiple attacks on shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz

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Islamic State claims 25 Nigeria soldiers killed in Benisheikh assault

ISIS said ISWAP fighters killed 25 soldiers in an assault on a military base in Benisheikh in northeast Nigeria's Borno state

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Germany ‘reluctant’ to join US-led Persian Gulf maritime surveillance mission

Germany said it is "reluctant" to join a US maritime surveillance mission in the Persian Gulf but would consider taking part in a European mission

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Boko Haram is ‘defeated,’ Nigeria insists, blaming international jihadists for ongoing insurgency

Nigeria's presidency claimed Boko Haram's 10-year-old insurgency had been "defeated" but admitted that international jihadist groups posed a growing threat

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