Year: 2019
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Aug- 2019 -1 AugustAfrica
ISWAP killed ‘dozens’ of Nigeria and Chad troops near Baga in July 29 clashes
Clashes between the MNJTF and ISWAP fighters near Baga in northeast Nigeria on Monday left 25 soldiers and at least 40 jihadists dead
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1 AugustBusiness
Lockheed awarded $800 million Slovakia F-16 fighter jet contract
Lockheed Martin was awarded an almost $800 million contract to produce and support F-16 fighter jets for Slovakia
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Jul- 2019 -31 JulyMiddle East
Bahrain hosts first Gulf maritime security conference
Bahrain hosted a conference on Gulf maritime security after multiple attacks on shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz
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31 JulyAfrica
Islamic State claims 25 Nigeria soldiers killed in Benisheikh assault
ISIS said ISWAP fighters killed 25 soldiers in an assault on a military base in Benisheikh in northeast Nigeria's Borno state
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31 JulyMiddle East
Germany ‘reluctant’ to join US-led Persian Gulf maritime surveillance mission
Germany said it is "reluctant" to join a US maritime surveillance mission in the Persian Gulf but would consider taking part in a European mission
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31 JulyAfrica
Boko Haram is ‘defeated,’ Nigeria insists, blaming international jihadists for ongoing insurgency
Nigeria's presidency claimed Boko Haram's 10-year-old insurgency had been "defeated" but admitted that international jihadist groups posed a growing threat
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31 JulyAsia Pacific
Dozens of Afghans killed in roadside bomb blast on road to Farah
Dozens of passengers, mainly women and children, were killed in western Afghanistan when the bus they were traveling in hit a roadside bomb
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30 JulyAsia Pacific
Afghanistan civilian deaths from airstrikes on the rise
The number of Afghan civilians killed in airstrikes has increased even as the overall number of civilian casualties fell, UNAMA said
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30 JulyAmericas
US Senate fails to override Trump’s Saudi weapons sales veto
The US Senate failed to prevent $8 billion in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, after President Donald Trump vetoed resolutions blocking the deal
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30 JulyAsia Pacific
Pakistan army plane crashes in Rawalpindi suburb, killing at least 18
Fifteen people were killed when a small army plane crashed early into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi near Islamabad
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