Year: 2019

Nigeria A-29 Super Tucanos to be based at Kainji in Niger state

Nigerian Air Force A-29 Super Tucanos look set to be based at Kainji, and the service says it expects the aircraft to be inducted in 2020

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Boeing first-quarter defense revenue increases 2% on higher volume

Boeing posted first-quarter 2019 results, reporting a 2% revenue increase in its defense division marked by US and foreign military contracts

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UN’s DR Congo mission faces budget cuts but military component unaffected

The UN mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the biggest peacekeeping operations, will be scaled back because of budget pressure

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Pro-government forces kill more Afghanistan civilians than insurgents, UN finds

The number of Afghanistan civilians killed and wounded at the hands of pro-government forces increased in the first three months of the year even as civilian casualties fell

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Morocco arrests ‘ISIS supporters’ suspected of planning ‘terrorist acts’

Morocco's Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) said it had arrested seven people in Sale suspected to be jihadists with links to Islamic State

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ISIS steps up attacks on pro-Assad troops in Syria’s Badia desert

ISIS claims deadly attacks against Syrian government and pro-regime forces west of the Euphrates

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Lockheed Martin posts $14 billion in sales for first quarter 2019

Lockheed Martin reported over $14 billion in sales for the first quarter of 2019, increasing its financial guidance for the year

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Amaq claims ‘Islamic State fighters’ carried out Sri Lanka attacks

Islamic State fighters carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka that killed at least 310 people, according to ISIS's Amaq propaganda agency

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New IRA admits killing of Northern Ireland journalist in Derry shooting

Northern Ireland dissident republican groupthe New IRA has admitted shooting to death journalist Lyra McKee during rioting in Derry

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Sri Lanka attacks were revenge for Christchurch mosque shootings, deputy defense minister says

An initial probe into suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people shows it was "retaliation for Christchurch," the country's deputy defense minister said

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