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PKK Declares Ceasefire With Turkey After 40 Years of Armed Struggle

Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle.

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Suicide Blast at Taliban Religious School in Pakistan Kills Six

A suicide attack at an Islamic religious school in Pakistan known as the "University of Jihad" — where key Taliban leaders have studied — killed six people on Friday, police said.

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EU Hands $52-Million Security Package to Ghana

The European Union on Wednesday handed over a 50-million-euro ($52-million) military package intended to bolster Ghanaian security forces, as West Africa faces mounting threats from armed groups and jihadists.

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Somali Govt Claims 70 Al-Shabaab Killed in Military Operation

More than 70 members of the Islamist armed group Al-Shabaab were killed during an army operation with local forces in Somalia, the information ministry said on Tuesday.

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UK Summons Rwandan Envoy Over M23 Advance in DR Congo

Britain's foreign ministry said it had summoned Rwanda's envoy to the UK to condemn advances made by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in the eastern DR Congo.

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Uganda Deploys Troops Against Anti-Govt Militias in East DR Congo

Uganda's army said it had deployed troops in the town of Bunia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight local militias.

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UN Peacekeepers Report Deadly Clashes in South Sudan

The United Nations on Tuesday reported deadly clashes in northern South Sudan which killed civilians and left a peacekeeper wounded.

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African Union Warns Against Territorial Break-Up of DR Congo

The African Union warned against the break-up of the DR Congo, two days after the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group entered a second city in the country's east.

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Lebanon Blocked Iran Planes After US Warnings: Security Source

Lebanon denied permission for Iranian flights to land in Beirut twice this week after the US warned Israel might shoot the planes down.

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Islamic State Group Claim Bombing of Taliban Ministry

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing of a Taliban government ministry in Afghanistan which killed one person and wounded at least three more.

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