Year: 2019
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Mar- 2019 -22 MarchAsia Pacific
US service members killed in Afghanistan operation
Two US service members were killed on March 22 in Afghanistan, NATO's Resolute Support mission said without providing details
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21 MarchBusiness
US Navy awards Boeing $4 billion F-18 production contract
The US Navy has awarded Boeing a $4 billion contract to produce 78 new F/A-18 aircraft, the Department of Defense said
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21 MarchMiddle East
SDF searching Baghuz for hidden ISIS fighters as fall of ‘caliphate’ nears
The SDF combed the banks of the Euphrates in Syria for the last ISIS fighters, preventing the announcement of the demise of the "caliphate"
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21 MarchAsia Pacific
Pakistan rescues 4 Iranian border guards from Jaish al-Adl in Balochistan
Pakistan has rescued four Iranian soldiers being held captive by militant group Jaish al-Adl in the country's restive Balochistan province, the military said
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21 MarchAsia Pacific
Bomb blasts around Afghanistan capital kill 6 during Nowruz celebrations
At least six people were killed by blasts in Kabul during Persian New Year celebrations in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital
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20 MarchAsia Pacific
Taliban kill 6 Pakistan police in Balochistan checkpoint attack
At least six Pakistani police officers were killed in a checkpoint raid in Balochistan province in the latest Taliban-claimed attack in the area
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20 MarchAfrica
US Africa Command disputes rights group’s allegations of civilian casualties in Somalia
Amnesty International has accused U.S. forces of killing several civilians in Somalia as they “dramatically increased” the number of air strikes in the volatile country, but the U.S. military denied the deaths. U.S. Africa Command said it had carried out 110 strikes by drones and manned aircraft in the past two years in Somalia, killing over 800 people, but insisted every death was that of a “terrorist.” But Amnesty researchers who investigated five air strikes in detail reported at least 14 civilians had been killed, raising fears the total dead in the scores of attacks may be far higher. “The attacks appear to have violated international humanitarian law, and some may amount to war crimes,” Amnesty said in a Wednesday, March 20 report, titled “The Hidden U.S. War in Somalia.” The study is based on 150 interviews including witnesses, family members of those killed and security experts. Their reports were corroborated by satellite imagery, photographs of the deep craters of the explosions, as well as munition fragments collected from the sites. U.S. strikes, which included missiles fired by manned aircraft as well as drones, targeted Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked jihadist insurgent group, Al-Shabaab. Amnesty said that since April 2017, the U.S. …
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19 MarchBusiness
EU allocates €525 million for defense projects including Eurodrone
The European Union will allocate €525 million to fund defense industrial and research projects in 2019 and 2020, including €100 million for the development of the Eurodrone
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19 MarchEurope
Canada extends Ukraine training mission until 2022
Canada will extend its security force training mission in Ukraine for three years until March 2022, the defense ministry said
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19 MarchAfrica
Nigeria: Boko Haram blamed as roadside bomb kills 8 near Gwoza
Eight people were killed in Warabe near Gwoza in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, near the border with Cameroon when a vehicle hit a roadside mine
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