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Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 17 people are killed in an attack on a hospital by the Allied Democratic Forces in Lubero, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP via CTV News)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The United Nations Human Rights Council establishes an independent fact-finding mission to investigate reported mass killings and other alleged war crimes by the Rapid Support Forces and their allied groups in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan. (Reuters)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Nine guerrilla fighters are killed by a Colombian military airstrike in the Arauca Department. (AFP via BSS)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The United States defense department announces Operation Southern Spear to target alleged narco-terrorists in Central and South America and the Caribbean under the US Southern Command's jurisdiction. (DW) (Axios)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Four people are killed in an American airstrike against a boat in the Caribbean Sea. The attack is announced today, but was carried out four days ago. (Al Jazeera)
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Disasters and accidents
Bosnian authorities report that a short circuit from an overburdened power cable in a resident's room caused the deadly fire at a Tuzla retirement home. The investigation continues to examine possible negligence. (AP)
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Disasters and accidents
Five Chinese nationals are killed after a minibus loses control and crashes in Bali, Indonesia. (The Indian Express)
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Law and crime
A 27-year-old man is arrested and charged with four counts of murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime for a mass shooting that killed four people and injured 15 others at a bar in October in Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, United States. (CBS News)
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Law and crime
The United States declares four Antifa groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, including the Germany-based Antifa Ost, who was involved in the attempted murder of three neo-Nazi individuals in Saxony and Thuringia. The U.S. government is also pursuing action against three other antifa groups in Italy and Greece, including the Informal Anarchist Federation. (DW)
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Politics and elections
The Constitutional Court [fr] rules that incumbent president Faustin-Archange Touadéra may run for another term, after opposition parties submitted that he did not meet the criteria to seek another term in office. (AP)
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Politics and elections
Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan creates an inquiry commission to investigate the killings that occurred during recent election-related protests and orders the release of some detained participants, while also announcing plans to begin constitutional reform within her administration's first 100 days. (AP)