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Jordan to hold new talks on Yemen prisoner swap deal

Yemeni government delegates and Houthi rebels will reconvene in Jordan for a new round of talks to thrash out a deal on a prisoner exchange

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French Mirage 2000 jets strike vehicles that entered Chad from Libya

French Mirage 2000 fighter jets carried out air strikes to halt an armed group that entered northern Chad from Libya in a column of 40 pickups

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US withdrawal from INF treaty fires the starting pistol on a new arms race

Withdrawal from the Cold War intermediate-range nuclear missile limitation treaty serves under-pressure US President Donald Trump in several ways, Dr Michelle Bentley argues

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‘Strong’ explosion at busy market in Somalia capital, police say

A powerful blast rocked a busy market in the Somali capital Mogadishu, which is regularly targeted by Al-Shabaab, police said

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Pentagon orders 3,750 more troops to US-Mexico border

The US will send an additional 3,750 troops to its frontier with Mexico, the Pentagon said, as President Donald Trump doubled down on his call for a border wall

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Roadside bomb kills one, injures four in Manbij, Syria

A roadside bomb struck a minibus carrying teachers in Manbij in northern Syria, killing one and injuring four others

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Five Philippines troops killed battling Abu Sayyaf on Jolo

A "fierce firefight" killed five Philippine soldiers and three militants from the Abu Sayyaf group suspected of the deadly cathedral bombing in Jolo

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Central African Republic peace deal ‘secured’ in Khartoum

The government of Central African Republic struck a peace deal with 14 armed groups at African Union-brokered talks in Khartoum

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Boko Haram kills 6 in Toumour near Niger-Nigeria border

Boko Haram militants shot dead six people in Toumour commune in the Diffa region of southern Niger, near the border with Nigeria, a local official said

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Iran successfully flight tests Hoveizeh long-range cruise missile

Iran announced the successful flight test of its new 1,350 km-range Hoveizeh long-range cruise missile

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