2019 • Page 86 of 119 • The Defense Post

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9 April

MINUSCA peacekeepers in deadly clashes with FDPC armed group in western Central African Republic

At least three militia members were killed when UN peacekeepers clashed with the FDPC armed group in western Central African Republic

9 April

Middle East

Staff Writer With AFP

Double car bomb in Syria’s Raqqa kills at least 8, mostly civilians

A double bomb attack in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, a former ISIS bastion, killed at least eight people, mostly civilians

9 April

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

India: Deadly attack on BJP election convoy in Chhattisgarh blamed on Maoist rebels

Indian police said Maoist rebels were behind a deadly IED and gun attack on a BJP election convoy in central Chhattisgarh state

9 April

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

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Japan F-35 fighter disappears over Pacific east of Misawa

A Japanese F-35 stealth fighter jet with one pilot on board disappeared from radar while on a training mission over the Pacific, the defense ministry said

9 April

Europe

Mortar tube and command wire discovered near Castlewellan

Joanne Stocker

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Northern Ireland police recover mortar tube near Castlewellan

The PSNI said officers had recovered a horizontal mortar tube and command wire during an operation near Castlewellan in County Down

9 April

Africa

Members of the Malian Army at their garrison in Tombouctou, Mali, conduct drills to instruct new recruits during Exercise Flintlock

Staff Writer With AFP

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Mali soldiers shoot civilians in Dioura after ‘surprise’ mortar test fire

Malian soldiers shot dead at least one villager and injured four others after an explosion they mistook for an attack in Dioura in the central Mopti region

9 April

Europe

Thousands of civilians fled Baghuz as the SDF closed in on the last ISIS redoubt in Syria

Staff Writer With AFP

German ISIS woman on trial for war crimes accused of letting Yazidi slave girl die of thirst

A German woman who joined ISIS went on trial accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi slave girl die of thirst in the sun

9 April

Commentary

Rafael Protector unmanned surface vehicle

Anna Badillo

The US-Israel ‘special relationship’ subsidizes American military industry and Israeli colonialism

The US military industry profiting from the colonization of Palestinian land is a long-term structuring element of the US-Israel special relationship, Anna Badillo argues

8 April

Africa