Staff Writer With AFP
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Yemen: Saudi coalition deploys tens of thousands of troops towards Hodeidah ahead of assault
The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen has sent more than 10,000 troops towards a vital rebel-held port city of Hodeidah ahead of a new assault
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Turkey’s Cavusoglu rejects demands to close Qatar military base
Turkey dismissed as "unrealistic" demands to close a military base in Qatar as sought by a Saudi-led bloc caught up in a row with the emirate
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ISIS blamed for attack in central Libya that killed 5
At least four people were killed and eight others kidnapped in an attack by suspected Islamic State jihadists on Al-Fuqaha in central Libya
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Suicide bomber targets Afghanistan’s election commission headquarters in Kabul
A suicide bomber targeting the headquarters of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission killed at least one person and wounded six
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Crew of Swiss ship freed after September kidnapping off Nigeria
Twelve crew members of MV Glarus, a Swiss ship seized off Nigeria in September have been freed, Swiss judicial officials said
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Afghanistan: Police and civilians killed in Taliban suicide attack in Wardak
A suicide car bomb attack on a bus carrying police officers and workers in central Afghanistan killed at least five people, officials said
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Pakistan releases Taliban leader Baradar after US peace talks with militants in Qatar
Top Taliban commander Abdul Ghani Baradar held in Pakistan for eight years has been freed in an apparent move to aid talks between the United States and the militant group
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Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket fire evades Iron Dome
Israeli warplanes hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the territory into southern Israel, the IDF said
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Afghanistan investigates reports of civilians killed in operation against ISIS in Nangarhar
Afghan officials launched an investigation into claims at least 14 civilians were killed in a military ground operation targeting Islamic State in their stronghold in the eastern Nangarhar province.
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France seeks to repatriate some children of ISIS foreign fighters
France is seeking to repatriate some of the 150 children of French ISIS fighters identified as being in Syria
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