Staff Writer With AFP
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Russian Ka-29 military helicopter crashes in Baltic Sea, killing both pilots
A Russian military helicopter has crashed during a training night flight over the Baltic Sea, killing two pilots, the Russian army said
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Pompeo says ‘couple of hundred’ Russians killed in February Syria clash
The outgoing head of the CIA appeared to confirm reports that around 200 Russian mercenaries were killed in February during a clash with US Coalition-backed Syrian Democratic Forces near Deir Ezzor in Syria
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At least 7 people killed in fighting and protests in Indian Kashmir
At least seven people, including at least three civilians, were killed in fighting in Indian Kashmir, sparking angry retaliatory protests and violent street clashes across the region
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257 killed in Algerian military transport plane crash
An Algerian military Il-76 transport plane crashed and caught fire on Wednesday killing 257 people, mostly army personnel and members of their families, officials said
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Greece fires warning shots at Turkish helicopter in Aegean Sea
Greek soldiers fired warning shots at a Turkish helicopter after it approached the small island of Ro, which marks their border in the Aegean Sea, a Greek military source said
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Former South Sudan military chief Paul Malong launches new rebel group
South Sudan's former army chief of staff Paul Manlong announced the formation of a rebel movement to "arrest the carnage" in the country, saying President Salva Kiir could not be trusted to lead the nation to peace.
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UN reopens lethal autonomous weapons talks with eye on defining ‘killer robots’
A new round of talks on the use of so-called killer robots reopened at the United Nations, with a focus on defining the characteristics of autonomous lethal weapons.
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Indonesia: 9 years jail for ‘mastermind’ of 2017 Jakarta twin suicide bomb attack claimed by ISIS
An Indonesian court sentenced Kiki Muhammad Iqbal, the convicted mastermind of the 2017 deadly twin bombing in Jakarta claimed by ISIS, to nine years in prison.
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Ghouta gassed: Dozens killed, hundreds affected by suspected Syria chemical attack
At least 70 people were killed by a suspected chemical weapons attack in Douma, the last opposition-held town in Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, first responders, medics and activists said.
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Car bomb kills at least 8 people in Al Bab, Syria
At least eight people were killed and 20 others injured on Saturday after a car bomb exploded near the Grand Mosque in the northern Syrian town of Al Bab
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