Europe
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Oct- 2018 -20 October
$3.5 billion sale to UK of 36 Boeing H-47 Chinook helicopters approved by US
The US Department of State has approved a possible $3.5 billion sale of 16 H-47 Chinook helicopters to the United Kingdom, the DSCA said
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19 October
Italy deports Albanian woman convicted of recruiting for ISIS
Italy has deported an Albanian woman who was convicted of recruiting women for ISIS as part of a cell operating in southern Tuscany
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16 October
Ukraine Su-27 fighter jet crashes during NATO exercise
A Ukraine Air Force Su-27 fighter jet crashed during large-scale NATO aerial exercises, the Ukrainian military said.
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15 October
ISIS terror suspects planned Kosovo bomb attacks, assaults in France, Belgium
Bujar Behrami and other suspected ISIS jihadists have been charged in Pristina on suspicion of planning attacks in Kosovo, France and Belgium
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13 October
Russia: Two ISIS-linked ‘terrorists’ killed in Dagestan gunfight
Security forces killed two people suspected to be linked to Islamic State in a gunfight in Endirey in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan
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11 October
Multinational police network Atlas conducts 7 counter-terror exercises across Europe
Counter-terrorism police staged exercises across Europe to mark a cooperation deal between Europol and a network of special intervention teams
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11 October
Four Ukraine soldiers killed in eastern violence in 24 hours, military says
Four Ukrainian soldiers were killed and three wounded in the latest spike in violence in the country's conflict-torn east, the defense ministry said
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9 October
Iran diplomat extradited to Belgium from Germany over MEK bomb plot in France
An Iranian diplomat linked to an alleged bomb plot against an Iranian opposition rally in France has been extradited to Belgium from Germany, prosecutors said
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8 October
Ukraine and NATO kick off large-scale ‘Clear Sky 2018’ air exercises
Ukraine began a series of large-scale air force exercises with the United States and other NATO countries, the defense ministry said
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8 October
UK veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan wars suffer higher rates of PTSD
The overall rate of probable PTSD for British veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars was nine percent, compared to five percent of those who did not deploy to those conflicts.
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