Asia Pacific

Pilot dies in Myanmar military plane crash

A Myanmar pilot died on Tuesday after a "technical failure" caused his military jet fighter to plummet into a paddy field in the center of the country, the army said

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UN to investigate ‘disturbing reports of serious harm to civilians’ after Afghan airstrike

The UN mission in Afghanistan said it will investigate an airstrike targeting the Taliban that reportedly killed dozens of civilians in a religious school in the northeastern Kunduz province

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Afghan airstrike targeting Taliban in religious school kills and injures civilians

An Afghan airstrike on a religious school in a Taliban stronghold in Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz province caused multiple casualties, including civilians, Afghan officials and witnesses said

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At least 16 killed as fighting rages across Indian Kashmir

At least 16 people were killed in Indian Kashmir in some of the fiercest fighting this year, police said Sunday, as authorities braced for more violence

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US gives patrol boats to Vietnam amid South China Sea tensions

The US delivered 6 patrol boats and equipment worth $20 million to Vietnam, the US embassy in Hanoi said, as the former foes boost ties amid continuing tensions in the South China Sea

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US orders 8 more Boeing Insitu ScanEagle drone systems for Afghan Security Forces

Boeing subsidiary Insitu was awarded a $47 million contract for the supply and operation of eight ScanEagle unmanned aerial systems for the Afghan Security Forces

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Afghan Air Force A-29 drops first laser-guided bomb against Taliban

An Afghan Air Force A-29 light attack aircraft used a laser-guided bomb against a Taliban target, marking the first time the AAF has dropped a laser-guided bomb in combat

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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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Saudi Arabia and US must pursue ‘urgent efforts’ for Yemen peace, Mattis tells Crown Prince

Saudi Arabia and the US must try to bring a peaceful end to Yemen's war, U.S. Defense Secretary Mattis told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The leaders also discussed peace talks for Afghanistan

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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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