Year: 2019
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Dec- 2019 -11 DecemberAfrica
‘At least 60’ killed in attack on Niger military camp in Inates
At least 60 people were killed in a militant attack on a military camp in Inates in the Tillaberi region of western Niger near the Mali border
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11 DecemberTechnology
Lockheed Martin on target with successful 240-km Precision Strike Missile test
Lockheed Martin successfully tested its next-generation missile for the US Army's Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program
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11 DecemberMiddle East
UN can’t confirm Iran attacked Saudi oil facilities, Guterres says
The UN has been unable to confirm Iranian involvement in an attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said
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11 DecemberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber targets US airbase in Bagram
A suicide car bombing at the largest US base in Afghanistan injured at least five people, just days after talks between the Trump administration and the Taliban resumed
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10 DecemberAfrica
VIDEO: Somali security forces retake Mogadishu hotel from Shabaab militants, at least 10 dead
Gunmen opened fire outside a hotel near Mogadishu's presidential palace on Tuesday night, as police fought back the attackers
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10 DecemberAfrica
Erdogan says Turkey ready to send troops to help Libyan government
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was ready to send troops to Libya if requested by the UN-backed government in Tripoli
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10 DecemberAmericas
Chile air force C-130 transport plane disappears en route to Antarctica
A Chilean military plane with 38 people aboard has gone missing after taking off for a base in Antarctica and is presumed to have crashed
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10 DecemberMiddle East
Russian troops enter Syria’s Raqqa, filling void of withdrawing US forces
The Russian military moved into ISIS's former capital at Raqqa in northeast Syria following an agreement with the SDF
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9 DecemberMiddle East
Iraqi soldiers injured after rocket hits Baghdad base housing US troops
Several rockets slammed into an Iraqi military complex that hosts US forces next to Baghdad International Airport, wounding six Iraqi troops
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9 DecemberMiddle East
Yemen’s government and southern separatists miss power-sharing deadline
The Yemeni government and Southern Transitional Council separatists have failed to meet a deadline to establish a power-sharing government
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