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French Forces Kill Militants In Mali Forest

France has deployed about 4,000 soldiers in the region France says its forces in West Africa have killed or captured...

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Suicide Car Bomb Targets Military Convoy In Nigeria

A suicide car bomber has attacked a military convoy in northeast Nigeria, killing five soldiers and injuring another...

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Afghan Casualties In Taliban Mazar-E Sharif Attack Pass 100

More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed or wounded in a Taliban attack on an army base on Friday, the defence...

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Philippine Fishermen Accuse China of Firing On Vessel

A group of Filipino fishermen have accused China's coast guard of shooting at their vessel in disputed South China Sea...

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Sri Lanka Ends Search For Garbage Survivors As Toll Hits 32

Sri Lanka on Wednesday ended the grim search for survivors five days after a huge garbage mountain collapsed onto a...

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Hundreds Evacuated After Deadly Sri Lanka Dump Collapse

Sri Lanka has moved over 400 families to temporary shelters after tonnes of rotting garbage collapsed onto a slum on...

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China and Nepal Begin Joint Military Exercise As India Is Watches On

China and Nepal began their first-ever joint military exercises on Sunday, a move likely to rattle India as Beijing...

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Nepal, China Begin First-Ever Joint Military Exercises

China and Nepal began their first-ever joint military exercises on Sunday, a move likely to rattle India as Beijing...

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The Battle For Mosul

Six months since Iraqi forces launched a vast operation to oust the Islamic State group from second city Mosul, they...

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Sri Lanka Garbage Mountain Buries 40 Homes, Kills Six

At least six people were killed and 10 others injured in Sri Lanka's capital Friday after a massive rubbish dump buried...

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More Troops Sent To Fight Gunmen On Philippine Tourist Island

The Philippines sent military reinforcements to one of its most famous tourist islands Wednesday as a deadly operation...

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IS Now Controls Less Than Seven Percent of Iraq, Military Says

The Islamic State group now controls less than seven percent of Iraq, down from the 40 percent it held nearly three...

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IS Now Controls Less Than Seven Percent of Iraq

The Islamic State group now controls less than seven percent of Iraq, down from the 40 percent it held nearly three...

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Five Dead As Militants Attack Philippine Tourist Island

Five people including a Philippine police officer were killed Tuesday in clashes with 10 suspected members of the Abu...

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At Least 16 Killed In Fighting In S.Sudan Second City

At least 16 civilians were killed in fighting Monday between government troops and rebels in South Sudan's...

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Deadly Fighting Erupts In South Sudan’s Second City

Deadly fighting erupted, with civilians killed along ethnic lines and thousands displaced in clashes Monday between...

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Philippine Military To Upgrade Island Facilities, Not Launch Land Grab

The Philippines' military said Friday that it plans to upgrade and improve facilities on islands it already occupies in...

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Russia Spurns French Claim IS Bastion Raqa ‘surrounded’

Russia's army on Saturday dismissed a French claim that Raqa, the Islamic State's stronghold in Syria, was surrounded...

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Two Malaysian Hostages Found Safe In Philippines

Two ailing Malaysian seamen held hostage by Filipino Muslim militants for eight months were found Thursday aboard a...