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May- 2018 -2 MayAmericas
Pentagon prepares new policy for transferring terrorism detainees to Gitmo
The U.S. Department of Defense has developed new guidance on critera for transferring detainees to the military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Pentagon spokesperson said
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2 MayAfrica
Mali Tuaregs blame ISIS-linked group for third deadly attack on civilians in a week
Jihadists killed 17 civilians in an attack of “inexplicable horror” in northern Mali near the border with Niger, local militia groups said
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2 MayEurope
Basque separatist group ETA announces dissolution and end to political initiative
The Basque militant group ETA announced that it will dissolve completely and end its political initiative, according to a letter published by the Spanish newspaper El Diario.
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2 MayAfrica
Dozens of casualties in surge of Central African Republic violence
Large protests continued after at least 16 people were killed and nearly 100 wounded in clashes including between militia and security forces in the capital Bangui
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2 MayPolitics
Macron says France, Australia and India must ‘preserve balance’ in Pacific
No country should be allowed to dominate the Indo-Pacific region, the leaders of France and Australia said Wednesday, as regional capitals fret over the rise of an increasingly assertive China
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2 MayEurope
NATO accounts for more than half of global military spending
NATO member states accounted for more than half of the world's total military spending last year, driven in part by tensions with Russia along the alliance's eastern frontier, according to a new report
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1 MayMiddle East
SDF to restart offensive operations against ISIS in the MERV and on Syria-Iraq border
The Syrian Democratic Forces announced its Operation Jazeera Storm would return to offensive operations against Islamic State in eastern Syria to the border with Iraq
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1 MayMiddle East
Signaling strength: Russia’s real Syria success is electronic warfare against the US
Syria has become Russia's “ultimate testing ground” for weapons, and Russian forces have been particularly successful at using electronic warfare technology to interfere with Coalition-led operations.
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1 MayAfrica
Suicide bombers kill dozens in northeast Nigerian market and mosque
Dozens of people were killed when two suicide bombers detonated their explosives at a mosque and a market in Mubi, northeast Nigeria, residents said.
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1 MayMiddle East
Russia’s dangerous disregard to the growing Iran-Israel war in Syria
Neil Hauer investigates Russia’s contribution to de-escalating tensions between Iran and Israel in Syria, which appears negligible at best, and actively antagonistic at worst
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