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Iran admits ‘unintentionally’ downing Ukrainian airliner

Iran said its armed forces "unintentionally" shot down a Ukrainian plane that crashed after taking off from Tehran, killing all 176 people aboard

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Car bomb explodes near Somalia’s parliament

At least four people were killed and 10 wounded when a car bomb exploded close to a checkpoint near Somalia's parliament in Mogadishu on Wednesday

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At least 9 killed in Gamboru bridge bomb blast on Nigeria-Cameroon border

An explosion ripped through a crowded market on a bridge at Gamboru on Nigeria's border with Cameroon, killing at least 9 people and injuring 26

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Al Shabaab attacks Kenya military base in Lamu

Fighters from Somalia's Al-Shabaab group launched an attack on a military base used by US and Kenyan forces in coastal Lamu

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Somalia: Dozens killed in massive car bomb in Mogadishu

A massive car bomb exploded in a busy area of Mogadishu, leaving at least 76 people dead, many of them university students

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Islamic State says it carried out deadly attack on Burkina Faso soldiers in Hallele

Islamic State said ISWAP was behind an attack that killed seven soldiers at their base in northern Burkina Faso

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Car bomb in Tel Halaf kills 5, latest in Syrian town captured by Turkey from YPG

Turkey's defense ministry announced that a car bomb killed a five civilians in northeast Syria, the latest in a series of deadly car bombings

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Pakistan police killed in attack on polio vaccination team

Gunmen killed at least two policemen in an attack on a polio vaccination security team in northwest Pakistan, the latest setback in the nation's campaign to eradicate the disease

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ADF blamed for weekend DR Congo attacks that killed 32

At least 32 people were killed in eastern DR Congo over the weekend, where ADF attacks on civilians have sparked protests against UN peacekeepers

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Afghanistan: Roadside bomb in Ghazni kills 10 civilians

Ten civilians, including four women and a child, were killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan

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