Shan State Army-North troops on the front line in Shan State. (Photo: Kyaw Kha / The Irrawaddy)

The Burma Army and the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army-North (SSPP/SSA-N) clashed in northern Shan State on Sunday evening, just days before the start of the Union Peace Conference.

Fighting broke out as the Burma Army’s Light Infantry Battalions No. 33 and 147 marched toward the SSA-N’s Loilem outpost in Mongyang Township’s Tangyan village tract, but there were no casualties, said Major Sai Hsu, an SSPP/SSA-N spokesperson.

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Fresh clashes have emerged in Donbass in Ukraine’s east resulting in the death of two Ukrainian soldiers.

The Ukrainian military have claimed that pro-Russia paramilitaries violated the peace agreement on Sunday by shelling Ukrainian-held areas.

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A suicide car bomb attack on an army training camp in Yemen’s second city of Aden killed at least 60 people on Monday.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack.

A security official told AFP that the attacker drove his vehicle into a gathering of new recruits at the camp in northern Aden.

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Eighteen fighters loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government were killed and 120 others wounded in clashes today with the so-called Islamic State group in Sirte, a medical source said.

A field hospital for the forces backing the Government of National Accord (GNA) listed the names of the 18 fighters killed in the coastal city, as loyalist forces pushed into the last areas held by IS in Sirte.

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A third faction of separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Reformed Indigenous People of Biafra; RE-IPOB, has emerged.

Recall that the crises rocking IPOB took a new twist yesterday, following an announcement by a splinter group, the Rebranded Indigenous People of Biafra, TRIPOB, renouncing the Biafra group.

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At least 15 members of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, including a sub-leader, were killed in two separate encounters in Patikul, Sulu on Friday, the Philippine Army said.

In a report released to the media, the PA’s Special Operations Command (SOCOM) said 15 bandits were killed in two separate clashes with the military—one erupted at about 6:15 a.m. Friday in Sitio Tubig Magkawas and another at noon in Sitio Pangi, both areas are situated between Barangay Langhub and Barangay Bungkaong in Patikul town.

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Nine people including two Shabaab jihadists have been killed in an attack on a beach front restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.

Al-Qaeda linked Shabaab jihadists attacked the Banadir Beach Restaurant, setting off a car bomb before exchanging fire with security forces. The assailants also threw grenades at security services who had cordoned off the area.

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