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Nigeria: Islamic State claims Gubio military base attack, releases ISWAP propaganda video

ISIS claimed ISWAP militants stormed a Nigerian military base in Gubio, Borno state, and released a video of attacks and the execution of nine people

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India test-fires BrahMos high-speed cruise missile from Su-30 fighter jet

India said its BrahMos cruise missile passed another key test when it hit a land target after being fired from an Su-30 fighter jet

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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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Somalia: Al-Shabaab claims car bomb that exploded near Mogadishu checkpoint

A car bomb exploded near a checkpoint in Somalia capital Mogadishu, in an attack claimed by the militant group Al Shabaab

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Trump nominates former Aerospace Corporation chair to head US Air Force

US President Donald Trump announced he had nominated Barbara Barrett, a former Aerospace Corporation chair, to lead the Air Force

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DNA tests confirm Sri Lanka Easter attacks ringleader was Shangri-La bomber

Sri Lanka police said DNA tests confirmed that the ringleader of the Easter attacks, Zahran Hashim, was one of the suicide bombers

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Netherlands arrests suspected Syrian Al Nusra Front commander

Dutch police arrested a Syrian man called Abu Khuder, suspected of committing war crimes as a commander of Al Nusra Front, prosecutors said

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UK F-35 fighter jets head to Cyprus for first overseas exercise

UK F-35B Lightning aircraft flew RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus as part of Exercise Lightning Dawn, the first overseas deployment for the Royal Air Force fighters

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Mali police killed in attack in Koury near Burkina Faso border

Four civilians, two Malian policemen and a customs officer were killed in an attack on a border post on Mali's frontier with Burkina Faso

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Egypt police carry out raids near Cairo after Giza bus bomb

Twelve suspected jihadists were killed in police raids near Cairo, Egypt's interior ministry said, a day after a bomb blast injured 17 people near the Giza pyramids

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