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Middle East
Germany repatriates children of ISIS fighters from Iraq
Germany has repatriated from Iraq children of jailed ISIS adherents, the foreign ministry said, as the war against ISIS draws to a close
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Middle East
US House votes to end military support for Yemen war
The US House voted to end military support for the Yemen war, dealing a rebuke to Donald Trump and curtailing a president's war-making powers
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Africa
Burkina Faso: More than 60 killed in ‘terrorist’ attacks and intercommunal reprisals in Arbinda
Sixty-two people were killed this week in terrorist attacks and subsequent intercommunal clashes in north Burkina Faso, a minister said
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Business
US approves $2.6 billion sale to India of 24 MH-60R multi-mission helicopters
The US State Department approved the sale of 24 Sikorsky MH-60R multi-mission helicopters to India, the DSCA said
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Europe
Explosion at Russian military academy injures cadets
Four people were injured in a blast at the Mozhaysky Military-Space Academy in Russia's second city of Saint Petersburg
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Business
Israel’s Rafael posts record $2.6 billion in sales for 2018
Israeli defense contractor Rafael posted record sales of nearly $2.6 billion in fiscal year 2018, up from around $2.2 billion the year before
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Business
Germany extends ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia by a further six months
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government extended an embargo on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia until the end of September
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Americas
US Marine Corps General McKenzie replaces retiring Votel as CENTCOM Commander
Newly promoted General Kenneth F. McKenzie took over the leadership of US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East
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Africa
Nigeria: 2 killed in Boko Haram attack on Miringa military base
Boko Haram militants raided a military base in Miringa in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, killing a police officer and a local resident
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Africa
Four Burkina Faso gendarmes killed in attack on base in Barani near Mali border
Four Burkina Faso gendarmes were killed in an attack on a base in the Boucle du Mahoun region near the Mali border
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