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UAE merges more than 25 defense industry firms into EDGE group

The de facto leader of the United Arab Emirates announced the formation of a government-controlled defense industry conglomerate EDGE

Staff Writer With AFP

Tajikistan security forces killed in border clashes blamed on ISIS

Tajikistan said Islamic State fighters who crossed the border from Afghanistan were behind a clash with security forces that left…

Staff Writer With AFP

France expects new international task force Takuba to deploy in Mali ‘by 2020’

France expects a new international special operations Task Force Takuba to deploy in Mali by 2020 to help train local…

Fergus Kelly

French troops in Mali kill ‘second most-wanted terrorist in the Sahel’

French troops in Mali last month killed Ali Maychou, a senior figure in the al-Qaeda-linked Group to Support Islam and…

Fergus Kelly

£2.8 billion British Army Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle contract ‘secured’

A £2.8 billion contract for more than 500 Boxer armored vehicles for the British Army's Mechanised Infantry Vehicle requirement has…

Fergus Kelly

UK to extend Ukraine training mission Operation Orbital by 3 years

Operation Orbital, the United Kingdom's security training mission to Ukraine, has been extended by three years

Staff Writer With AFP

Yemen government and southern separatists sign power-sharing deal

Yemen's government signed a power-sharing deal with southern separatists in an initiative to end a conflict within the country's civil…

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkey says it arrested dead ISIS leader Baghdadi’s sister in Azaz

Turkish forces in northern Syria detained a sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS who was killed in…

Staff Writer With AFP

AeroVironment lands $6.4 million Raven tactical UAS follow-on contract for Southeast Asian military

AeroVironment was awarded a $6.4 million contract from a Southeast Asian military customer for Raven unmanned aircraft systems

Staff Writer With AFP

Dutch government admits killing Iraqi civilians in anti-ISIS airstrike

The Dutch government admitted that it killed dozens of civilians in an airstrike against Islamic State in Iraqi in 2015

Joanne Stocker