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Saudi coalition ends US fueling of planes for Yemen airstrikes

Saudi Arabia ended a controversial refueling arrangement between the United States and the coalition that is bombing Yemen

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Norway suspends military export licences to Saudi Arabia

Norway's foreign minister said the state was freezing all defense material export licences to Saudi Arabia over recent developments in the country and the war in Yemen

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Dozens killed and injured in Mogadishu car bomb blasts claimed by al-Shabaab

At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured after three car bombs exploded near a hotel and a police headquarters in the Somalia capital Mogadishu

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Russia arrests PMC Wagner expert Vladimir Neelov on treason charges

Russian expert Vladimir Neelov, who has extensively written about private military contractors, including PMC Wagner, has been arrested and accused of treason

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Australia police treating Melbourne knife attack as ‘terrorism event’

Australian police said they are treating a deadly knife attack in Melbourne as an act of terror, and the suspect was originally from Somalia and was known to authorities

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Court jails 65 for membership in Upper Egypt ISIS ‘cell’

An court sentenced 65 suspected Islamic State members to between five years and life in prison for setting up a "terrorist cell" in Upper Egypt

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Democratic Republic of Congo troops kill 17 Kasai militia members, capture others

Seventeen members of an insurgent group in the central Democratic Republic of Congo region of Kasai were killed and others captured in an army ambush

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Car bomb strikes Mosul, first since city was retaken from ISIS

A car bomb explosion near a Mosul restaurant killed at least two people and injured a dozen more in the first such attack since the city was retaken from ISIS

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Syrian army rescues 19 Druze women and children from ISIS, state media says

Syrian state media said the army has freed all remaining Druze women and children abducted by ISIS from the southern province of Sweida

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Yemen president Hadi replaces defense minister detained by Houthis

Yemen's president replaced the defense minister and the army chief of staff, as government forces press a five-month assault on the rebel-held port of Hodeidah

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