Staff Writer With AFP
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Africa
Youth Radio Aims to Fight Sahel Jihadism
A radio station aimed at stopping youth radicalization across five countries fighting jihadists in Africa's Sahel region is set for launch in Burkina Faso under a deal signed Monday.
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Americas
Canada Blocks Arms Exports to Ally Turkey
Canada on Monday blocked military arms exports to NATO ally Turkey after a probe found Canadian drone technology had been misdirected for use in conflicts.
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Europe
Two Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in War-Torn Separatist East
Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in clashes with pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine's war-torn east as Kiev again accused Moscow of massing tens of thousands of soldiers on its border.
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Asia Pacific
Philippines, US to Hold Joint War Games as Tensions Grow in South China Sea
The Philippine armed forces will hold joint exercises with hundreds of US soldiers over the next two weeks, its military chief said Sunday, amid growing tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea.
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Africa
Has Morocco Carried Out Its First Drone Strike In the Western Sahara?
Morocco's reported use of a drone strike to kill a senior Western Sahara independence fighter would, if confirmed, mark a turning point in the decades-long conflict, experts say.
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Middle East
Israel ‘of Course’ Behind Nuclear Site Attack: Iran Foreign Ministry
Iran's foreign ministry said Monday Israel was "of course" behind an attack on the Natanz uranium enrichment plant the previous day, and promised vengeance.
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Sea
US to Send Two Warships to Black Sea, Says Turkey
The United States will send two warships through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea next week, the Turkish foreign ministry said on Friday, as tensions simmer between Russia and Ukraine.
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Africa
Gunmen Kill 11 Nigerian Troops in Central Region: Army
Gunmen killed 10 Nigerian soldiers and an officer in central Benue state, the army said on Friday.
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Africa
SADC Vows ‘Proportionate’ Response to Mozambique’s Jihadists
Southern Africa's regional bloc vowed a "proportionate" response to jihadists who last month raided a key town in northern Mozambique in a sharp escalation of a three-year-old insurgency.
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Sea
Philippines Keeping ‘Options Open’ on South China Sea: Govt
The Philippine defense department said it was keeping "all our options open" as a diplomatic row with Beijing grows over hundreds of Chinese vessels in the contested South China Sea.
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