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From 4×30 readiness to Russia’s resurgence, NATO defense ministers face hectic meeting schedule

Ahead of the NATO defense ministers meeting, Drake Long looks at Turkey, Russia and other hot-button issues likely to come up for debate

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Five Kenyan police killed in roadside bomb blast near Somalia border

Five Kenyan paramilitary police officers were killed after their vehicle struck a homemade landmine in Liboi, close to the eastern border with Somalia, a government official said

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Sweden mobilizes 22,000 home guard reservists for major military exercise

Marking its national day, Sweden called up 22,000 reservists for an exercise of a scale not seen in 40 years as tensions simmer between the West and Russia

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Suspected Mozambique jihadists kill 7 people with ‘machetes,’ burn 164 homes

Suspected jihadists hacked seven people to death with machetes and set dozens of homes on fire in northern Mozambique, police said, in a region that has suffered a spate incidents in recent weeks

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Biji Manbij? US and Turkey plan for the Syrian city’s future without the YPG

After months of talks and threats of military action against the strongest force fighting ISIS in Syria, the U.S. and Turkey agreed to a ‘roadmap’ that would see the YPG leave Manbij

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YPG to leave Syria’s Manbij after US-Turkey deal

The People's Protection Units (YPG) announced that it would withdraw advisors from the Syrian city of Manbij, a day after the United States and Turkey agreed to a roadmap

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India air force pilot dies after Jaguar fighter jet crash in Gujarat

An Indian Air Force pilot was killed after his Jaguar fighter jet crashed near the country's border with Pakistan

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UN peacekeeper killed, 7 wounded in ambush near Berberati, Central African Republic

A UN peacekeeper from Tanzania was killed and seven others wounded when their patrol was ambushed by gunmen in Dilapoko in southwest Central African Republic

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US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 27 militants, Africom says

U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in Somalia, killing 27 militants associated with al-Shabaab, the Somali-led affiliate of al-Qaeda, U.S. Africa Command said

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Taiwan air force F-16 crashes during training exercises

An F-16 belonging to the Taiwan Air Force is believed to have crashed into a mountain during military drills in northern Taiwan

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