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Jan- 2021 -12 JanuaryAsia Pacific
Afghan Forces Foil IS Plan to Assassinate Top US Envoy
Afghan authorities said Tuesday they had foiled a plan by the jihadist Islamic State group to assassinate the top US envoy in Kabul, as a wave of targeted killings continues to rock the country.
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12 JanuaryMiddle East
Yemen’s Houthis Defiant as US Labels Rebels ‘Terrorists’
Yemen's Houthis were defiant after Washington said it will designate the Iran-backed rebels as terrorists, a last-ditch move under President Donald Trump.
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11 JanuaryAfrica
Cameroon Army Denies Civilian ‘Massacre’
Cameroon's army on Monday denied allegations from local media and aid groups that it had killed civilians during a raid in the country's anglophone Southwest region, saying the dead were "terrorists."
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11 JanuaryAfrica
How Qaeda-Friendly GSIM Became the Sahel’s Leading Jihadists
The Group to Support Islam and Muslims has emerged as the West's most formidable enemy in the Sahel, taking over from the Islamic State as the region's major threat.
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11 JanuaryDrones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
DoD Releases New Strategy to Counter Small Drones
The Department of Defense released a new strategy that focuses on the increasingly complex threat of small drones.
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11 JanuaryAsia Pacific
Afghanistan Probes Air Strike That Killed Civilians
Afghan authorities said Monday they are investigating an air strike at the weekend which local officials say killed more than a dozen civilians, including children.
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11 JanuaryAfrica
ISWAP Jihadists Kill 13 Soldiers in Northeast Nigeria
Thirteen soldiers have died in an ambush by jihadist fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group in volatile northeastern Nigeria.
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11 JanuaryAfrica
At Least Six DR Congo Park Rangers Killed in Attack
At least six rangers in DR Congo's Virunga national park were killed Sunday in an attack officials blamed on a militia group.
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8 JanuaryAfrica
Jihadist Attack Kills 13 in Northern Cameroon
Thirteen civilians, eight of them children, died Friday when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up in a jihadist attack on a village in northern Cameroon, a traditional chief and a police officer said.
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8 JanuaryTechnology
UK Army Medics to Use AR Glasses for Remote Battlefield Surgical Assistance
The British Army is testing technology that allows medical specialists thousands of miles away from the battlefield to instruct frontline medics how to operate on injured soldiers using augmented reality.
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