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Middle East
Six Rockets Target Baghdad Airport, Damaging Plane
Six rockets were fired at the Iraqi capital's airport, causing damage but no casualties, security sources said.
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Asia Pacific
Tajikistan Says Two Dead After Clashes With Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan said two of its citizens were killed and 10 injured during overnight clashes at its contested border with Kyrgyzstan.
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Europe
Ukraine Separatists Urge Russia to Send Modern Weapons
A Ukrainian separatist leader urged Russia to send modern weapons to the breakaway statelets to help them defend themselves against Western-backed Kyiv forces.
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Africa
IS Attack in Libya Kills 3 Security Personnel: Ministry
Fighters linked to Islamic State have killed three Libyan security personnel in the country's southwest.
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Asia Pacific
Ten Pakistani Troops Slain in Separatist Ambush
Ten Pakistani troops were killed in a checkpoint firefight earlier this week in an attack claimed by separatists in the restive southern province of Balochistan.
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Europe
Russia, Ukraine Agree to Keep Ceasefire, New Talks Next Month
Moscow and Kyiv committed to a fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine during talks in Paris.
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Americas
Biden Order Makes Sexual Harassment in US Military a Crime
US President Joe Biden signed an executive order making sexual harassment a crime under the military justice code.
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Africa
EU Urges Mali to Reconsider Troop Withdrawal Demand
European nations pushed back against Mali's demands that Danish special forces fighting jihadists immediately withdraw from the Sahel state.
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Europe
Germany Mocked Over Plan to Send Helmets to Ukraine
Germany offered to send 5,000 helmets to Ukraine, a move slammed as an "absolute joke" by the mayor of Kyiv.
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