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Bangladesh: Secularist blogger Niloy Neel hacked to death in Dhaka

A Bangladeshi blogger has been hacked to death by a gang of six men armed with machetes in Dhaka, police say.

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Iraq: Militant leader Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri killed

Iraqi militant leader Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, who was Saddam Hussein’s right-hand man and a key force behind the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq, has been killed.

330 Military Personnel Sent to West Africa to Support French Mission

The UK will deploy 330 military personnel to Mali and West Africa to provide support to the French forces currently in combat against the Islamist rebels and to help train the Malian army in the future.