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French judges order 20 terrorism suspects to stand trial over 2015 Paris attacks

French judges have ordered 20 people to stand trial over the 2015 Paris attacks, including Salah Abdeslam, the only suspected…

Staff Writer With AFP

US Navy reports first suspected shipboard coronavirus case on USS Boxer

The US Navy reported its first suspected case of the new coronavirus aboard a ship, saying a sailor on the…

Staff Writer With AFP

New rocket barrage hits Iraq’s Camp Taji where US and UK soldiers killed

A fresh spate of rockets targeted Iraq's Camp Taji base, injuring Iraqi forces and troops from the US-led Coalition against…

Staff Writer With AFP

UN Mali peacekeepers find Canadian and Italian kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018

A Canadian woman and her Italian partner kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 were found alive in the northwest of…

Staff Writer With AFP

US extends carrier strike group Middle East mission, sends Patriot missile defense system to Iraq

The US is moving Patriot air defense systems into Iraq and deployed a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East…

Jared Szuba

Turkey and Russia agree to start joint patrols in northwest Syria

Turkey and Russia agreed to start joint patrols in Syria's Idlib province at the weekend, Turkey's defense minister Hului Akar…

Staff Writer With AFP

US and UK identify soldiers killed in Camp Taji, Iraq rocket strikes

The US and UK identified military personnel killed in a rocket attack on Camp Taji airbase in Iraq, and the…

Jared Szuba

Iraqi military says US airstrikes in response to base attack kill security forces, civilian

US airstrikes targeting Hashd al-Shaabimilitary factions in Iraq killed one civilian and five security personnel, the Iraqi military said

Staff Writer With AFP

US strikes Kataib Hezbollah militia across Iraq in retaliation for Taji rocket attack

US airstrikes targeted Iran-linked Kataib Hezbollah militia across Iraq in retaliation for a rocket attack on Taji air base that…

Staff Writer With AFP

US to ‘reduce participation’ and adjust showcase Exercise Defender-Europe 20 over coronavirus concerns

EUCOM is to reduce the number of US participants in its showcase Exercise Defender-Europe 20 over coronavirus concerns

Fergus Kelly