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Indian Air Force lands in Australia for Exercise Pitch Black combat drills

Indian Air Force personnel and combat jets landed in Australia for Exercise Pitch Black 2018, the first time India has…

Joanne Stocker

Al-Shabaab fighters storm military base in southern Somalia

Heavily-armed Al-Shabaab fighters stormed a military base in southern Somalia, leaving several dead, a local army official and witnesses said

Staff Writer With AFP

Suicide bomber targets mosque in northeast Nigeria, killing eight

Eight people were killed at a mosque in northeast Nigeria when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, a civilian militia…

Staff Writer With AFP

Gaza ceasefire holds after Israeli strikes over soldier’s death

A ceasefire announced by Hamas largely held after a wave of deadly strikes across the Palestinian enclave sparked by the…

Staff Writer With AFP

Ukraine to get $200 million from Pentagon for additional training, equipment and advisory efforts

The U.S. Department of Defense announced $200 million in additional assistance to Kiev to boost the defensive capacity of Ukraine's forces.

Anna Varfolomeeva

Declassified document shows Iran, Iraq and Libya could have South African chemical weapons

Declassified US documents released this week to mark Nelson Mandela's death suggest South Africa sold chemical weapons to Iran

Joseph Hammond

Afghanistan investigates civilian casualty reports in Kunduz strike

Afghan authorities are probing reports that 14 civilians were killed or wounded during a military operation, with several officials saying…

Staff Writer With AFP

Cameroon arrests soldiers accused of executing women and children

Four Cameroonian soldiers suspected of shooting dead four women and children have been arrested, according to reports

Joanne Stocker

Israeli strike in Gaza kills 1 Palestinian, injures 3 others

A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, the enclave's health ministry said, after Israel said it targeted…

Staff Writer With AFP

Boko Haram ambushes Nigerian military convoy, killing six traders

Boko Haram fighters killed six traders when they ambushed a convoy of lorries under military escort in northeast Nigeria

Staff Writer With AFP