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US airstrike in southern Afghanistan killed 23 civilians, UN finds

At least 23 civilians, including women and children, were killed by a US airstrike in southern Afghanistan, according to an…

Staff Writer With AFP

Nigeria A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft contract finally lands

Sierra Nevada has been awarded a long-awaited contract for 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for the Nigerian Air…

Fergus Kelly

South Sudan military ‘did what was required’ by obtaining arms from Uganda

New Conflict Armament Research report points to Uganda diverting EU-procured weapons into South Sudan’s civil war

Dimo Silva Aurelio

Five G4S employees killed in Kabul suicide attack claimed by Taliban

Five employees of the security company G4S were killed and dozens injured in the Afghan capital when a Taliban suicide…

Joanne Stocker

Boko Haram overruns Nigeria army base near Lake Chad

Boko Haram killed three soldiers in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state near Lake Chad

Staff Writer With AFP

Ukraine president Poroshenko asks NATO to send warships to Sea of Azov

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked NATO members to send naval vessels to the Sea of Azov to back his country…

Staff Writer With AFP

Afghanistan: Taliban suicide bomber attacks G4S complex in Kabul

A suicide car bomb exploded in an eastern district of Kabul followed by gunfire as militants attacked a compound housing…

Joanne Stocker

US approves $1 billion sale to Egypt of 10 Apache AH-64E helicopters

The US approved a potential $1 billion sale to Egypt of 10 Apache AH-64E helicopters and related equipment, the DSCA said

Staff Writer With AFP

Qatar purchase of Raytheon NASAMS air defense system moves forward

The US State Department approved the $215 million sale to Qatar of equipment and services in support of the purchase…

Fergus Kelly

Egypt Abrams tank rounds price doubles to $201 million

The US adjusted the estimated cost for the sale of 60,500 tank rounds to Egypt to $201 million, more than…

Fergus Kelly