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Oct- 2018 -8 OctoberAfrica
Egypt special forces officer turned militant Hisham al-Ashmawy captured in Libya
The force that controls eastern Libya it captured former special forces officer Hisham al-Ashmawy, one of Egypt's most-wanted jihadists
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8 OctoberEurope
Ukraine and NATO kick off large-scale ‘Clear Sky 2018’ air exercises
Ukraine began a series of large-scale air force exercises with the United States and other NATO countries, the defense ministry said
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8 OctoberMiddle East
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels ‘complete’ heavy weapons withdrawal from Idlib
Syrian rebels have completed the withdrawal of heavy weapons from a planned Demilitarized Zone in opposition-held Idlib, under a deal agreed by Turkey and Russia
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8 OctoberMiddle East
Three Egypt Army soldiers killed in Sinai counterterrorism operation
Egyptian security forces have killed 52 suspected jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula in operations in which three soldiers also died
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8 OctoberEurope
UK veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan wars suffer higher rates of PTSD
The overall rate of probable PTSD for British veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars was nine percent, compared to five percent of those who did not deploy to those conflicts.
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7 OctoberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan civilian casualties from suicide bomb attacks surge by 46 percent
The number of Afghans killed or wounded in suicide attacks soared 46 percent in the first nine months of 2018, as militants increasingly target civilians, the United Nations said
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7 OctoberAfrica
Airstrikes reported after Burkina Faso soldier killed in bomb attack near Pama in restive East
A Burkina Faso military officer was killed and a soldier injured when their vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb attack near Pama in Kompienga province in the restive East
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7 OctoberAfrica
Democratic Republic of Congo: 14 people killed in North Kivu machete attack
Machete-wielding attackers killed at least 14 civilians in Rubaya in the Democratic Republic of Congo's restive North Kivu province
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6 OctoberAfrica
Cameroon: 3 Anglophone separatists, priest killed ahead of presidential poll
Three anglophone separatists were killed in clashes with Cameroonian security forces in the flashpoint Southwest Region town of Buea, ahead of Sunday's presidential polls
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6 OctoberBusiness
US Air Force awards Lockheed almost $391 million for 360 JASSM cruise missiles
Lockheed Martin was awarded $391 million for the production of 360 JASSM-ER cruise missiles, as well as a number of test vehicles for foreign military sales
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