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Hezbollah ‘owns precision missiles,’ leader Nasrallah says

The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah said it had acquired "precision missiles" despite efforts by Israel to prevent it developing this…

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia launches second Kalibr missile-equipped attack submarine after 13 years

Russia launched the Kronshtadt, the second Lada-class diesel-electric attack submarine equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles

Joanne Stocker

India test-fires Prahaar short-range ballistic missile

India successfully flight tested the Prahaar short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile from a road-mobile launcher

Staff Writer With AFP

Boko Haram kills 9 in attacks on villages in Nigeria’s Borno state

Nine people were killed and nine others injured when Boko Haram fighters raided two villages near Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria's…

Staff Writer With AFP

Israel air force commander to brief Russia on Il-20 downing in Syria

Israel's air force commander led a delegation to Russia to share the military's findings on the downing of an Il-20…

Staff Writer With AFP

MiG-31 interceptor jet crashes in central Russia

A Russian MiG-31 interceptor jet crashed near Kulebaki in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in central Russia during a scheduled a training…

Fergus Kelly

More than 1,000 Central African military personnel trained by Russia

Central African Republic President Touadera presided over a ceremony to mark Russia's training of the fourth group of FACa personnel

Fergus Kelly

UN says South Sudan government ‘must establish control’ over forces after peacekeeper shot

South Sudan must establish control over its forces, the UNMISS head said, days after a peacekeeper was shot by a…

Fergus Kelly

Iraq sentences senior ISIS leader to death

An Iraq court sentenced to death senior ISIS leader Ismail Alwaan al-Ithawi, also known as Abu Zeid al-Iraqi, who was…

Joanne Stocker

Saudi coalition renews offensive against Yemen’s Houthi rebels in Hodeidah, sparking fears of humanitarian crisis

Saudi-backed forces in Yemen launched a series of attacks on rebel-held Hodeidah, raising fears of a humanitarian crisis

Staff Writer With AFP