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Ukraine and NATO kick off large-scale ‘Clear Sky 2018’ air exercises

Ukraine began a series of large-scale air force exercises with the United States and other NATO countries, the defense ministry…

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Turkey-backed Syrian rebels ‘complete’ heavy weapons withdrawal from Idlib

Syrian rebels have completed the withdrawal of heavy weapons from a planned Demilitarized Zone in opposition-held Idlib, under a deal…

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Three Egypt Army soldiers killed in Sinai counterterrorism operation

Egyptian security forces have killed 52 suspected jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula in operations in which three soldiers also died

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UK veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan wars suffer higher rates of PTSD

The overall rate of probable PTSD for British veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars was nine percent, compared to…

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Afghanistan civilian casualties from suicide bomb attacks surge by 46 percent

The number of Afghans killed or wounded in suicide attacks soared 46 percent in the first nine months of 2018,…

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Airstrikes reported after Burkina Faso soldier killed in bomb attack near Pama in restive East

A Burkina Faso military officer was killed and a soldier injured when their vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb…

Fergus Kelly

Democratic Republic of Congo: 14 people killed in North Kivu machete attack

Machete-wielding attackers killed at least 14 civilians in Rubaya in the Democratic Republic of Congo's restive North Kivu province

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Cameroon: 3 Anglophone separatists, priest killed ahead of presidential poll

Three anglophone separatists were killed in clashes with Cameroonian security forces in the flashpoint Southwest Region town of Buea, ahead…

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US Air Force awards Lockheed almost $391 million for 360 JASSM cruise missiles

Lockheed Martin was awarded $391 million for the production of 360 JASSM-ER cruise missiles, as well as a number of…

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Boeing awarded $242 million for 17 AH-64E Apache helicopters for UAE

The US Army awarded Boeing a $242 million contract modification to provide 17 new and remanufactured Apache AH-64E helicopters to…

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