Year: 2026

Blasts in Kabul as Afghan Gov’t Says Responding to Pakistan Attacks

Explosions were heard in the Afghan capital Kabul Sunday, AFP journalists said, with the Taliban government saying they were responding to aerial Pakistan attacks.

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First US Service Members Killed in Operation Against Iran

Three members of the US military have been killed and five others wounded in the operation against Iran, the Pentagon said Sunday, announcing the first American deaths in the US-Israeli campaign that killed the Islamic Republic's supreme leader.

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Iran Leader Khamenei Killed in Massive US and Israeli Attack

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989 and sworn enemy of the West, was killed in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack, sparking a new wave of retaliatory missile strikes from Tehran on Sunday.

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Afghanistan Says Pakistan Fighter Jet Down as Cross-Border Strikes Flare

A Pakistani fighter jet crashed in Jalalabad in Afghanistan's east, the Afghan military and police said on Saturday, after Islamabad launched air strikes on at least three cities in a flare-up of cross-border fighting.

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Trump Says US Discussing ‘Friendly Takeover’ of Cuba

President Donald Trump on Friday suggested a "friendly takeover" of communist-led Cuba, with tensions high between Washington and Havana in the wake of the US toppling of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro.

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UK to Award Leonardo $1.3 Billion Military Helicopter Contract

The UK government is set to award Italian defense company Leonardo a contract to build a new fleet of military helicopters, a source close to the matter told AFP Friday.

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Locals in Niger Say ‘Terrorists’ Killed 25 Near Mali

Local sources in western Niger said "terrorists" killed 25 members of a militia in several villages near the Mali border.

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US and Israel Launch Strikes Against Iran

The United States and Israel launched a wave of strikes against targets in Iranian cities on Saturday, triggering explosions and columns of smoke in the capital Tehran.

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US Air Force Designates Leidos Small Cruise Missile as ‘AGM-190A’

The US Air Force has designated Leidos’ Small Cruise Missile as the “AGM-190A,” formally recognizing the system as an operational stand-off strike capability.

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US Navy Greenlights Production of CACI’s Spectral Shipboard EW Solutions

CACI International’s Spectral electronic warfare program has achieved Milestone C approval from the US Navy, clearing the way for low-rate initial production and deployment to the fleet.

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