Year: 2019
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Nov- 2019 -7 NovemberBusiness
US approves sale to UAE of 10 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters for $830 million
The US approved a possible sale of 10 Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters to the United Arab Emirates for more than $830 million
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7 NovemberBusiness
Boeing awarded $22 million Laser Small Diameter Bomb contract
Boeing awarded a $22 million US Special Operations contract for Laser Small Diameter Bomb all up rounds and warhead shipping containers
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7 NovemberMiddle East
New US-led coalition launches Operation Sentinel to protect Persian Gulf shipping
The new US-led naval International Maritime Security Construct launched Operation Sentinel to protect shipping in the Persian Gulf
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7 NovemberAfrica
US adds al-Qaeda-linked Mali firebrand Amadou Kouffa to global terrorist list
The US State Department added to its Specially Designated Global Terrorist list Amadou Kouffa, a senior figure in al-Qaeda-linked JNIM
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7 NovemberAmericas
Accused of airstrike civilian casualty cover-up, Colombia’s defense minister Botero resigns
Colombia's defense minister Guillermo Botero resigned after facing accusations of trying to cover up the deaths of children in an airstrike on a drug trafficking gang
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7 NovemberAfrica
Nigeria soldiers killed in ISWAP ambush near Damboa in Borno state
At least 10 Nigerian soldiers were killed and others injured in clashes near Damboa as images ISWAP fighters pledging allegiance to new ISIS leader are released
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7 NovemberPeace
South Sudan’s Kiir and Machar meet in Uganda ahead of peace deal deadline
South Sudan President Salva Kiir and SPLM-IO leader Riek Machar will hold face-to-face talks as time runs out to form a power-sharing government
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7 NovemberMiddle East
Houthi missile strike on Yemen military base kills 6, forces hospital closure
Six people, including four civilians, were killed in an attack by Yemeni rebels on a military base in the Red Sea coastal town of Mokha
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6 NovemberAfrica
Burkina Faso: Dozens killed and injured in complex attack on Boungou gold mine convoy
An attack on a convoy transporting local employees of Canadian company Semafo near its Boungou gold mine in eastern Burkina Faso left 37 people dead
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6 NovemberMiddle East
Trump administration sends mixed signals on Lebanon military aid
A US official pushed back on reports that the Trump administration had suspended aid to Lebanon's Armed Forces, the National reported
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