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Africa
‘Terrorist’ attack on Niger high-security Koutoukalé prison foiled
Authorities in Niger on Monday foiled a "terrorist" attack on a high-security prison near the capital Niamey, Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum said
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Asia Pacific
Four Pakistan police officers killed in Quetta bombing
Four police were killed and nine people wounded when militants detonated a bomb hidden under a motorbike in the southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta
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Africa
Haftar’s Libya offensive threatens peace and stability, EU says
Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's offensive against Tripoli represents a threat to international peace, the European Union warned
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Exercises
Turkey begins large-scale naval exercise Denizkurdu in 3 seas
Turkey's navy launched large-scale Denizkurdu exercises at a time of rising tensions over its plans to explore for gas off the Cyprus coast
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Asia Pacific
Malaysia police arrest 4 linked to ISIS bomb plot
Malaysian police said they have arrested four militants linked to ISIS who were in possession of explosives and planned to attack non-Muslim places of worship
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Africa
Gunmen kill six in Catholic church in Dablo, northern Burkina Faso
Gunmen killed a priest and five churchgoers during Sunday Mass at a Catholic church in Dablo, northern Burkina Faso
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Asia Pacific
Pakistan: 5 killed in Gwadar hotel attack claimed by Baloch Liberation Army
Five people including a soldier were killed after gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the southwestern Pakistan port city of Gwadar, the military said
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Asia Pacific
Pakistan: Gunmen storm luxury hotel in Gwadar, Balochistan
At least three gunmen stormed the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel in the port city of Gwadar in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province
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Middle East
Kazakhstan repatriates 156 children of ISIS fighters from Syria
Kazakhstan said it had evacuated 231 of its citizens, most of them children, from Syria after they traveled or were taken there to join ISIS
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Africa
French soldiers killed in Burkina Faso raid to free foreign hostages
French forces freed two French hostages as well as an American and a South Korean in Burkina Faso in a raid that cost the lives of two soldiers
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