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Denmark police charge 2 in investigation into shipping drones to ISIS

Denmark police arrested and charged two people as part of a case linked to attempts to send drones to Islamic State in Syria

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Airstrike in Afghanistan’s Wardak killed 12 women and children, UN initial probe finds

An airstrike appears to have killed 12 members of an Afghan family, the UN said, as US and Afghan forces ramp up aerial bombardments against militants

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At least 12 Mali Tuaregs killed in attack near Niger border

At least 12 Tuareg civilians were killed by armed assailants in the Menaka region of northeastern Mali near the Niger border

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Portugal military and paramilitary police officers arrested over 2017 arms theft

Senior figures in Portugal's military and paramilitary police forces were arrested over a theft from a military arms depot last year

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Tunisia: Two killed in land mine blast in jihadist hideout near Algeria border

Two people were killed in a land mine blast in Mount Chaambi in central Tunisia near the border with Algeria, an area used as a hideout by jihadist militants

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Fear and mourning in Afghanistan: Hazaras mark the festival of Muharram in fragile Dasht-e-Barchi

In Kabul’s largely Shia Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, Shadi Saif finds some from Afghanistan's persecuted minority community taking security into their own hands

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UN investigates ‘credible’ reported Afghanistan airstrike that killed 9 from a single family

The UN said it was investigating reports that 9 family members had been killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan, but US Forces denied the victims were civilians

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Nigeria troops thwart Boko Haram attack on military base in Borno state

Nigerian troops repelled another attempt by Boko Haram to overrun a military base in northeast Nigeria, military and civilian sources said

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Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo launch deadly raid, kidnap 17

One person was killed and 17 were kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a raid blamed on a notorious Ugandan militia accused of a massacre two days earlier

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Iran blames ‘jihadist separatists’ for Ahvaz military parade attack

Iran's intelligence ministry blamed "jihadist separatists" for last week's deadly attack on a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz

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