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US approves sale to UAE of 10 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters for $830 million

The US approved a possible sale of 10 Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters to the United Arab Emirates for…

Staff Writer With AFP

Boeing awarded $22 million Laser Small Diameter Bomb contract

Boeing awarded a $22 million US Special Operations contract for Laser Small Diameter Bomb all up rounds and warhead shipping…

Staff Writer With AFP

New US-led coalition launches Operation Sentinel to protect Persian Gulf shipping

The new US-led naval International Maritime Security Construct launched Operation Sentinel to protect shipping in the Persian Gulf

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US adds al-Qaeda-linked Mali firebrand Amadou Kouffa to global terrorist list

The US State Department added to its Specially Designated Global Terrorist list Amadou Kouffa, a senior figure in al-Qaeda-linked JNIM

Fergus Kelly

Accused of airstrike civilian casualty cover-up, Colombia’s defense minister Botero resigns

Colombia's defense minister Guillermo Botero resigned after facing accusations of trying to cover up the deaths of children in an…

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Nigeria soldiers killed in ISWAP ambush near Damboa in Borno state

At least 10 Nigerian soldiers were killed and others injured in clashes near Damboa as images ISWAP fighters pledging allegiance…

Fergus Kelly

South Sudan’s Kiir and Machar meet in Uganda ahead of peace deal deadline

South Sudan President Salva Kiir and SPLM-IO leader Riek Machar will hold face-to-face talks as time runs out to form…

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Houthi missile strike on Yemen military base kills 6, forces hospital closure

Six people, including four civilians, were killed in an attack by Yemeni rebels on a military base in the Red…

Staff Writer With AFP

Burkina Faso: Dozens killed and injured in complex attack on Boungou gold mine convoy

An attack on a convoy transporting local employees of Canadian company Semafo near its Boungou gold mine in eastern Burkina…

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Trump administration sends mixed signals on Lebanon military aid

A US official pushed back on reports that the Trump administration had suspended aid to Lebanon's Armed Forces, the National…

Jared Szuba