Year: 2019
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May- 2019 -23 MayAsia Pacific
Australia, Japan, South Korea and US kick off inaugural Pacific Vanguard naval exercise near Guam
The US, Japan, South Korea and Australia have kicked off "first-of-its-kind" Pacific Vanguard naval drills near Guam
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23 MayAfrica
Nigeria: Islamic State claims Gubio military base attack, releases ISWAP propaganda video
ISIS claimed ISWAP militants stormed a Nigerian military base in Gubio, Borno state, and released a video of attacks and the execution of nine people
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22 MayTechnology
India test-fires BrahMos high-speed cruise missile from Su-30 fighter jet
India said its BrahMos cruise missile passed another key test when it hit a land target after being fired from an Su-30 fighter jet
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22 MayAsia Pacific
Ghazni vehicle blast kills 3, Afghanistan interior ministry says
At least three people were killed and more than a dozen others reported injured after an explosion in the central Afghan city of Ghazni
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22 MayAfrica
Somalia: Al-Shabaab claims car bomb that exploded near Mogadishu checkpoint
A car bomb exploded near a checkpoint in Somalia capital Mogadishu, in an attack claimed by the militant group Al Shabaab
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22 MayAmericas
Trump nominates former Aerospace Corporation chair to head US Air Force
US President Donald Trump announced he had nominated Barbara Barrett, a former Aerospace Corporation chair, to lead the Air Force
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21 MayAsia Pacific
DNA tests confirm Sri Lanka Easter attacks ringleader was Shangri-La bomber
Sri Lanka police said DNA tests confirmed that the ringleader of the Easter attacks, Zahran Hashim, was one of the suicide bombers
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21 MayEurope
Netherlands arrests suspected Syrian Al Nusra Front commander
Dutch police arrested a Syrian man called Abu Khuder, suspected of committing war crimes as a commander of Al Nusra Front, prosecutors said
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21 MayExercises
UK F-35 fighter jets head to Cyprus for first overseas exercise
UK F-35B Lightning aircraft flew RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus as part of Exercise Lightning Dawn, the first overseas deployment for the Royal Air Force fighters
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20 MayAfrica
Mali police killed in attack in Koury near Burkina Faso border
Four civilians, two Malian policemen and a customs officer were killed in an attack on a border post on Mali's frontier with Burkina Faso
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