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High-value target captured by SDF isn’t ISIS spokesperson Abu Hasan al-Muhajir

Reports that the Syrian Democratic Forces backed by the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State captured the group's spokesperson Abu Hasan al-Muhajir in a raid in Eastern Syria are untrue, a spokesperson for the Coalition said

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Chinese air force lands first bomber on disputed Woody Island in South China Sea

The People’s Liberation Army Air Force of China landed an H-6K bomber aircraft on the disputed Woody Island in the South China Sea for the first time

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US approves $45 million sale of 3,200 bomb bodies to Bahrain

The U.S. State Department approved an estimated $45 million sale of 3,200 general purpose and penetrator bomb bodies to Bahrain

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Israel builds ‘missile net’ along eastern border to protect new airport

Israel has built a unique "missile net" to defend a new airport, as part of a newly-completed segment of its eastern border barrier, a military official said

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Denmark to withdraw special forces from Iraq, but capacity-building contingent will stay

Denmark said that special forces assigned to the U.S.-led Coalition will be withdrawn because they have completed their mission, but other troops in capacity building, and radar operation roles will remain

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UN peacekeeper killed, 8 injured in attack on convoy near Alindao, Central African Republic

A Mauritanian peacekeeper was killed and eight others injured in an attack on a U.N. convoy south of Alindao in the Central African Republic, the U.N. mission said.

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Central African Republic: UN ‘restores control’ of Bambari, after 8 people killed

The UN Minusca mission in Central African Republic said it had retaken control of Bambari after institutions in the town were attacked in two days of violence and looting that left eight people dead

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UN operation to prevent militia moving toward Central African Republic capital continues

A U.N. Minusca Force spokesperson said that the operation to prevent militia from moving towards Bangui is ongoing, after French fighter jets conducted a show of force over the northern town of Kaga Bandoro

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India suspends offensive military operations in Kashmir for Ramadan

India suspended offensive military operations against rebels in disputed Kashmir territory in a rare gesture for the holy month of Ramadan, following a recent escalation of violence in the Muslim-majority region

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Afghan president Ghani apologizes for Kunduz airstrike that killed 30 children

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani apologized to the families of dozens of children killed in an Afghan Air Force strike on a religious school in Kunduz province last month

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