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Europe
Russia invites NATO members to International Army Games exercise
Russia's defense minister said NATO states are invited to take part in annual military drills called the "International Army Games"
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Middle East
Rockets hit US embassy in Baghdad amid standoff with Iran
Multiple rockets struck the US embassy compound in Baghdad on Sunday amid a wider standoff between the US and Iran-backed militias in Iraq
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Africa
Mali soldiers killed in overnight assault in Dioungani, Mopti region
At least seven soldiers were killed and several were wounded in an overnight attack in Dioungani in Koro Cercle in central Mali's volatile Mopti region
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Asia Pacific
International Court of Justice orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide
The U.N.’s top court said Thursday it has the authority to rule in an urgent case in which Myanmar is accused of genocide against Rohingya Muslims and ordered emergency measures to prevent further violence. “The court concludes that it has prima facie jurisdiction to rule in the case,” International Court of Justice presiding judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf said in The Hague. The court ordered Myanmar to take “all measures within its power” to prevent genocide against Rohingya. Yusuf said that “the court was of the opinion that the Rohingya in Myanmar remain extremely vulnerable” and needed to be protected from further bloodshed. The court ordered Myanmar to report back within four months, and then every six months after that. It also told Myanmar to prevent the destruction of any evidence of crimes against the Rohingya. The January 23 ruling comes days after a Myanmar commission concluded that some soldiers likely committed war crimes against the minority group but that the military was not guilty of genocide. Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi traveled to The Hague in December to personally defend her Buddhist-majority country against the allegations over the bloody 2017 crackdown against the Rohingya. The mainly Muslim African …
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Africa
DR Congo civilians killed near Beni in attack blamed on ADF
Six civilians were killed in an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo blamed on the ADF, the first assault this year in an area that has suffered multiple massacres
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Africa
Libya suspends operations at recently reopened Tripoli airport after rocket fire
Rocket fire forced the suspension of all flights into and out of Tripoli's sole functioning airport, Libya's embattled government said
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Business
EU hands 13 Arquus Bastion armored vehicles to Mali for G5 Sahel operations
The European Union handed over 13 Arquus Bastion armored vehicles intended to equip the two Malian battalions of the G5 Sahel Joint Force
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Middle East
Iran confirms 2 missiles fired at downed Ukraine airliner
Iran confirmed two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner brought down this month, in a catastrophic error that killed all 176 people on board and sparked angry protests
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Middle East
8 European states back naval force to patrol Strait of Hormuz
Eight EU nations gave their support for a naval patrol to help avoid conflicts in the Strait of Hormuz, the strategically critical entry to the Persian Gulf
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Africa
Nigeria: Militants attack key aid facility in Ngala near Cameroon border, UN says
Heavily armed militants attacked on a vital aid facility housing UN workers in Ngala in northeast Nigeria's Borno state
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