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Nigerian Air Force receives Paramount Group’s Marauder MRAPs

The Nigerian Air Force has received Marauder mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles from South Africa's Paramount Group, the company said

Fergus Kelly

Israel’s Rafael posts record $2.6 billion in sales for 2018

Israeli defense contractor Rafael posted record sales of nearly $2.6 billion in fiscal year 2018, up from around $2.2 billion…

Staff Writer With AFP

From Caliphate to International Criminal Tribunal? ISIS detainees raise complicated questions under international law

Delivering justice to ISIS victims is a challenging task that must account for international human rights law and political realities

Opinion Editor

ISIS’s ‘caliphate’ was crushed. Now Syria’s Kurd-led alliance faces bigger battles

Reporting from Syria in the dying days of the ISIS caliphate, Jared Szuba talks to Kurds and Arabs about the…

Jared Szuba

Germany extends ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia by a further six months

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government extended an embargo on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia until the end of September

Staff Writer With AFP

US Marine Corps General McKenzie replaces retiring Votel as CENTCOM Commander

Newly promoted General Kenneth F. McKenzie took over the leadership of US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the…

Staff Writer With AFP

Nigeria: 2 killed in Boko Haram attack on Miringa military base

Boko Haram militants raided a military base in Miringa in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, killing a police officer and a…

Staff Writer With AFP

Four Burkina Faso gendarmes killed in attack on base in Barani near Mali border

Four Burkina Faso gendarmes were killed in an attack on a base in the Boucle du Mahoun region near the…

Staff Writer With AFP

Somalia: At least 11 killed in suspected car bombing in downtown Mogadishu

At least 11 people died when a bomb exploded on a busy street and ripped into a nearby restaurant in…

Staff Writer With AFP

Mi-8 helicopter crash in Kazakhstan kills 13 service members on board

A military Mi-8 helicopter crashed in southwestern Kazakhstan, killing all 13 servicemen on board, the defense ministry said

Staff Writer With AFP