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Asia Pacific
French female ISIS fighter captured in Afghanistan
A French woman fighting for Islamic State in Afghanistan has been detained, Afghan officials said, amid fears that ISIS militants fleeing Syria and Iraq are finding their way to the country
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Africa
Estonia seeks mandate to send 50 troops to reinforce French-led Mali mission
Estonia's government said it would ask parliament for a mandate to send 50 troops to Mali for one year as part of France's Operation Barkhane mission
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Technology
India successfully flight tests BrahMos cruise missile with indigenous seeker
India successfully flight tested its supersonic medium-range ramjet-powered BrahMos cruise missile fitted with an Indian-made seeker, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
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Europe
Russia to upgrade Tu-160 strategic bomber fleet by 2030, minister says
Russia is to upgrade its fleet of Tupolev Tu-160 supersonic strategic heavy bombers and may integrate new missiles on new and upgraded aircraft by 2030, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said
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Europe
RAF Red Arrows jet crashes near Wales base
A British military Hawk jet used by the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows aerobatic display team with two people on board crashed at a base in Wales
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Asia Pacific
Seychelles opposition to block military deal with India for Assumption island base
The Seychelles opposition coalition, which holds a majority in parliament, said it will not ratify a deal signed with India to build a military base on one of the archipelago's outlying islands
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Technology
Sixth successful test for Lockheed’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile
Lockheed Martin says it successfully tested a production-configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) launched from a U.S. Air Force B-1B strategic bomber
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Middle East
Erdogan says Turkey to expand military operation in Syria to Manbij, Kobane and Qamishli
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to expand Turkey's campaign in Syria to other Kurd-held territory up to the Iraq border, and again threatened a military operation against Sinjar in Iraq
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Politics
“We don’t want a new Cold War,” NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg says
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg the alliance did not want a return to Cold War hostilities with Russia after the March 4 nerve agent attack in Salisbury
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Middle East
US Pave Hawk helicopter crashes in western Iraq killing all aboard
A U.S. HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq on March 15 killing all personnel on board in an incident the Coalition said "does not appear to be a result of enemy activity."
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