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Nigeria: Boko Haram kills at least 14 loggers near Maiduguri

At least 14 people were killed when Boko Haram insurgents attacked loggers in Koshebe forest near Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria

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India says army killed Kashmir suicide bomb commander

India's army said it had killed the mastermind of a major suicide bomb attack in Kashmir which it blamed on Pakistan, as calls grew for reprisals

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Alliance between SDF and Syrian regime is “very far away,” senior Kurdish official Salih Muslim says

Senior Kurdish politician Salih Muslim said a military partnership between the SDF and the Assad government is “very far away” and will depend on a negotiated political solution

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Iran arrests 3 ‘terrorists’ over suicide bomb attack that killed 27 IRGC members

Iran's IRGC said it arrested three "terrorists" involved in last week's deadly suicide bomb attack on security forces in Balochistan

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Boko Haram kills Nigeria soldiers in attack near Banki

Two Nigerian soldiers were killed and six others injured when Boko Haram militants attacked a military post in Banki near the Cameroon border

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Indian soldiers killed in latest Kashmir violence blamed on militants

Indian troops suffered new losses in a fierce battle with Kashmir militants that left at least seven dead just days after a suicide bombing

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Saudi state arms firm signs cooperation agreement with France’s Naval Group

Saudi Arabia's state arms producer and French government-majority firm Naval Group signed a joint venture deal to boost the kingdom's navy

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Mali soldier wounded in firefight with German peacekeepers

A Malian soldier was seriously wounded during a night-time exchange of fire with German troops serving as UN peacekeepers in the west African nation

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Yemen and Houthi rebels agree to first pullback of forces from Hodeidah

Yemen's government and Houthi rebels have agreed on the first phase of a pullback of forces from the key city of Hodeidah

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Boko Haram kills four Nigeria troops in assault on Buni Yadi military base

Four Nigerian soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack on a military base in Buni Yadi, the latest in a string in northern Nigeria and southern Niger

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