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Iran confirms 2 missiles fired at downed Ukraine airliner

Iran confirmed two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner brought down this month, in a catastrophic error that killed…

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Chad plans military deployment to Mali-Burkina Faso-Niger tri-border area

French and Swedish defense ministers discussed Chad plans to deploy military personnel to the Mali-Burkina Faso-Niger tri-border area

Fergus Kelly

8 European states back naval force to patrol Strait of Hormuz

Eight EU nations gave their support for a naval patrol to help avoid conflicts in the Strait of Hormuz, the…

Staff Writer With AFP

Nigeria: Militants attack key aid facility in Ngala near Cameroon border, UN says

Heavily armed militants attacked on a vital aid facility housing UN workers in Ngala in northeast Nigeria's Borno state

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Iran will ‘consider’ nuclear weapons treaty withdrawal if Europe pushes UN dispute

Iran said it will consider withdrawing from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons if a dispute over its…

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BAE to spend $2.2 billion for United Technologies and Raytheon systems

BAE Systems agreed to buy key electronic systems from US peers Raytheon and United Technologies whose planned merger necessitated asset…

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US sanctions Iran IRGC general, alleging he ordered protest crackdown

The US sanctioned Iran IRGC Brigadier General Hassan Shahvarpour for overseeing a massacre of protestors in November

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Burkina Faso troops killed in roadside bomb attack near Arbinda

Five Burkina Faso soldiers were killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb near Arbinda in the northern…

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Barkhane: France to deploy 220 experienced troops ‘accustomed to operating in the Sahel’

France is to send 220 experienced troops who are "accustomed to operating in the Sahel" to reinforce its Operation Barkane…

Fergus Kelly

Barkhane: 15 ‘terrorists’ killed in joint Liptako-Gourma operations

More than 1,000 troops from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the G5 Sahel Joint Force, and Barkhane took part in…

Fergus Kelly