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Philippine Airstrikes Aimed At ISIS Kills 11 Soldiers In Friendly Fire

Philippine airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are holding hostages as human shields in a southern city killed...

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Philippine Friendly Fire Airstrikes Kill 11 Troops

Philippine airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are holding hostages as human shields in a southern city killed...

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Military Says 89 Gunmen Killed During Philippine Urban Battle

Philippine security forces have killed 89 Islamist militants during more than a week of fighting in a southern city but...

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Ghana President Vows Justice After Mob Kills Soldier

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo said Tuesday the killers of a soldier who was lynched by a mob while out running...

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Philippines Warns Islamist Militants To Surrender Or Die

Philippine authorities on Tuesday warned Islamist militants occupying parts of a southern city to surrender or die, as...

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Philippines Urges Islamist Militants To Surrender

Philippine authorities on Tuesday urged Islamist militants occupying parts of a southern city to surrender for the sake...

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Sri Lanka Deploys More Troops As Flood Toll Climbs To 180

At least 180 people have now been confirmed dead in the worst flooding to hit Sri Lanka for 14 years. More than half a...

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Sri Lanka Deploys More Troops As Flood Toll Climbs To 177

Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battled Monday to get relief supplies to nearly half a million people displaced by the...

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Fears For 2,000 People Trapped In Philippine City Battle

Security forces traded heavy gunfire with Islamist militants inside a southern Philippine city Monday, as fears grew...

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19 Dead As Troops Fight ISIL-Linked Groups

Fighters locked in street-to-street battles with security forces in a southern Philippine city on Mindanao island have...

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2,000 Trapped As Fighting Rages In Philippine City

Two thousand fearful civilians were trapped on Sunday inside a southern Philippine city where troops are battling...

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Islamist Militants Kill 19 In South Philippines

Islamist militants locked in street-to-street battles with security forces in a southern Philippine city have killed 19...

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Philippine Military Bomb Islamist Militants In Urban Battle

Philippine security forces dropped more bombs Saturday on a southern city where they have been battling Islamist...

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Foreign Militants In Deadly Philippine Urban Battle

Foreigners are among Islamist gunmen battling security forces in a southern Philippine city, the government said Friday...

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Foreigners Involved In Deadly Philippine Urban Battle

Foreigners are among Islamist gunmen battling security forces in a southern Philippine city, the government said Friday...

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S. Korea Rape Victim Navy Officer Commits Suicide

A South Korean female naval officer apparently killed herself after being allegedly raped by a senior colleague, a...

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Is It A Drone? Is It A Balloon? No, It’s A Bird, Says N.Korea

North Korea on Thursday accused the South of unleashing more than 450 machine gun rounds at a flock of birds in an...

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India Launches Assault On Pakistan Army Posts To Deter Infiltration

India has announced that it has fired mortars at Pakistani army posts across their disputed border in Kashmir, a rare...

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India Fires On Pakistani Military Posts, Army Says

India announced Tuesday it had fired mortars at Pakistani army posts across their disputed border in Kashmir, a rare...