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Sri Lanka top defense official resigns over Easter bombings security failure

Sri Lanka's top defense official resigned over security failures that led to the deadly Easter bombings, as Catholic churches suspended…

Staff Writer With AFP

Raytheon reports $6.7 billion in net sales for first quarter 2019

Raytheon reported a 7.4% increase in net sales for the first quarter 2019 and a 23% rise in continuing operations…

Staff Writer With AFP

Nigeria A-29 Super Tucanos to be based at Kainji in Niger state

Nigerian Air Force A-29 Super Tucanos look set to be based at Kainji, and the service says it expects the…

Fergus Kelly

Boeing first-quarter defense revenue increases 2% on higher volume

Boeing posted first-quarter 2019 results, reporting a 2% revenue increase in its defense division marked by US and foreign military…

Staff Writer With AFP

UN’s DR Congo mission faces budget cuts but military component unaffected

The UN mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the biggest peacekeeping operations, will be scaled back because…

Staff Writer With AFP

Pro-government forces kill more Afghanistan civilians than insurgents, UN finds

The number of Afghanistan civilians killed and wounded at the hands of pro-government forces increased in the first three months…

Joanne Stocker

Morocco arrests ‘ISIS supporters’ suspected of planning ‘terrorist acts’

Morocco's Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) said it had arrested seven people in Sale suspected to be jihadists with…

Staff Writer With AFP

ISIS steps up attacks on pro-Assad troops in Syria’s Badia desert

ISIS claims deadly attacks against Syrian government and pro-regime forces west of the Euphrates

Jared Szuba

Lockheed Martin posts $14 billion in sales for first quarter 2019

Lockheed Martin reported over $14 billion in sales for the first quarter of 2019, increasing its financial guidance for the…

Staff Writer With AFP

Amaq claims ‘Islamic State fighters’ carried out Sri Lanka attacks

Islamic State fighters carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka that killed at least 310 people, according to…

Staff Writer With AFP