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Business
Lockheed awarded $218 million contract for 18 HIMARS launchers for Romania
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $218 million contract for the procurement of 18 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers for Romania
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Asia Pacific
US carries out airstrikes, Afghan special forces deploy after Taliban attack Ghazni
US forces launched airstrikes and Afghanistan special forces deployed to counter a major Taliban assault on the provincial capital of Ghazni
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Africa
Mali: At least 11 Fulani people kidnapped and killed in ethnic attack in Mopti
Eleven Fulani civilians were kidnapped and killed in the latest bout of ethnic violence to hit Mali's restive central region of Mopti, an attack to hunters from the Dogon community
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Africa
Boko Haram militants kill 17 Nigerian soldiers in attack on Borno state base
At least 17 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a fresh Boko Haram attack on a military base in the country's northeast, the third assault on military bases in less than a month
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Middle East
Syrian military shells rebel positions in Idlib, drops leaflets urging ‘reconciliation’
Syrian regime forces shelled rebel and jihadist positions in the Idlib province and dropped leaflets warning of an apparent impending assault
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Middle East
Saudi-led coalition admits Yemen airstrike that Red Cross says killed dozens of children
The Saudi-led coalition battling in Yemen said it carried out a deadly attack which the Red Cross said hit a bus carrying children
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Africa
South Sudan President Kiir pardons rival Machar and rebel groups
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir issued a decree offering an amnesty to rebels including his bitter rival Riek Machar, days after the two signed a power-sharing deal
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Middle East
Israeli strikes hit Gaza after barrage of rockets, killing toddler
Israel launched a wave of strikes across Gaza in response to some 150 rockets fired at its territory, leaving three Palestinians including a toddler dead
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Africa
Five Kenyan soldiers killed in roadside IED explosion claimed by al Shabaab
Five Kenyan soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in the eastern Lamu county, in an attack claimed by al Shabaab
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Business
AAI awarded $12.8 million drone ISR contract for Afghanistan airfields
Textron subsidiary AAI Corp. was awarded a $12.75 million contract modification to provide drone system ISR for US force protection in Afghanistan
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