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Egyptian army says kills 40 "terrorists" in North Sinai province

FILE PHOTO: Egyptian Army soldiers are seen in the troubled northern part of the Sinai peninsula during a launch of a major assault against militants, in Al Arish, Egypt in March 2018. /VCG Photo

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Azerbaijan discloses Nagorno-Karabakh conflict troop toll

Azerbaijani authorities disclosed for the first time Thursday details of the country's military casualties in the recent fighting with Armenian forces over the separati

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UN, Ethiopia sign deal for aid access to embattled Tigray

Tigray refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region carry their furniture on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, December 1, 2

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France looks to rally aid for Lebanon, but no bailout

France is hosting an international video conference on humanitarian aid for Lebanon Wednesday, amid political deadlock in Beirut that has blocked billions of dollars in

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At least two killed after car hit pedestrians in Germany

At least two people were killed on Tuesday after a car drove into a pedestrian zone in the southwestern German city of Trier, according to police."We have arrested one person, one vehicle has been se

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UN condemns gruesome Nigeria attack

FILE PHOTO: Members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) inspect a street in a neighbourhood of the northeastern Nigeria city of Maiduguri after an attack. (Photo credit AUDU ALI MARTE/AFP via

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Death toll rises to 8 in attempted prison break in Sri Lanka

The death toll rose to eight on Monday in an attempted prison break from a maximum-security prison in Mahara, on the outskirts of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, while 45 were injured, police said.Polic

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Iran begins burial of slain nuclear scientist

The funeral of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, one of Iran's top nuclear scientists who was killed in an attack last week, began in Tehran on Monday, according to local media.Several high-ranking Iranian officia

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Tigray forces claim to have shot down Ethiopian plane, taken town

Ethiopians on their way to Sudan, November 22, 2020. /Reuters Forces from Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray said they had shot down a military plane and retaken a town from federal forces o

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Death toll rises to 8 in attempted prison break in Sri Lanka

The death toll rose to eight on Monday in an attempted prison break from a maximum-security prison in Mahara, on the outskirts of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, while 45 were injured, police said.Polic

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30 police killed in Afghanistan suicide car bomb attack

At least 30 policemen were killed and over 20 others wounded after a suicide car bomb hit a military camp in Ghazni city, capital of Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province, on Sunday, a local official

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Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran

A top Iranian nuclear scientist died in hospital from wounds suffered during an attack by "armed terrorists" on Friday, the country's defense ministry has confirmed.Moh

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Iran's top nuclear scientist assassinated near Tehran

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's car is believed to have been ambushed by armed assailants. IRIB news agency/AFP A top Iranian nuclear scientist died in hospital from wounds suffered during an attack by "

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Two blasts kill 7 in Syrian rebel-held northwest near Turkish border

FILE PHOTO: An explosion at an arms depot in a residential area in Syria's northern Idlib killed 39 people. /AP Seven people have been killed in twin bomb blasts that wounded scores on Tuesday

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14 killed, 45 wounded in market place blasts in Afghanistan's Bamyan

At 14 civilians were killed and 45 others wounded after twin explosions hit a market place in Bamyan city, capital of Afghanistan's central Bamyan province, on Tuesday, a provincial government spokes

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Interview with Red Cross boss on conflict-stricken Afghanistan

ICRC Director-General Robert Mardini. /ICRC Editor's note: Robert Mardini is the director-general of the Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Two weeks ago, he made

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Multiple blasts rock Kabul, casualties feared: reports

A series of loud explosions shook central Kabul on Saturday, according to media reports.There were no immediate reports on casualties but the explosions occurred in densely populated parts of the Afg