Year: 2019

Italy ‘willing to join’ European military intervention initiative, government says

Italy's government said that it is ready to join the 10-member European military coalition to react to crises near the continent's borders

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Belgian F-16 crashes in France, leaving pilot stranded from power line

A Belgian air force F-16 fighter jet crashed in the Morbihan region of western France, with both pilots ejecting but one parachute tangled in a power line

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US expects UN help with Turkey’s resettlement of Syrian refugees into border zone

The US expects the UN and NGOs to help “facilitate” a proposed resettlement of Syrian refugees living in Turkey into a planned buffer zone along Syria’s northeastern border

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US carried out airstrike in Nangarhar accused of killing 30 Afghan civilians

US forces were behind an airstrike in eastern Afghanistan that is blamed for the deaths of at least 30 civilians

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UAE joins new US-led Persian Gulf maritime security mission

The UAE joined a US-led force to protect Gulf shipping as tensions with Iran soared following attacks on Saudi oil facilities

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Pentagon official: makeshift jails for captured ISIS adherents in Syria ‘not sustainable’

A US official said the detainment of tens of thousands ISIS members in makeshift prisons in Syria is “not sustainable"

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Taliban car bomb in southern Afghanistan kills and injures more than 100, destroys hospital

A Taliban car bomb in Afghanistan's Zabul province targeted an intelligence services building and destroyed a nearby hospital

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Pompeo blames Iran for ‘act of war’ in Saudi oil attack, US seeking coalition

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described strikes on Saudi oil installations as an "act of war," and an "Iranian attack"

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UK launches national security investigation into Cobham takeover

The UK launched a national security probe into a £4-billion takeover bid for British defense group Cobham by US private equity firm Advent International

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Spanish air force training aircraft crash kills instructor and student

A Spanish air force light training aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean sea off the southeastern Murcia coast, killing its pilot and his student

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