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UN Security Council to discuss Syria humanitarian truce

The United Nations Security Council will hold a closed-door meeting on Thursday to discuss an appeal from U.N. aid officials…

Staff Writer With AFP

Kashmir looks for peace as ceasefire violations increase on the India-Pakistan border

People living along the India-Pakistan border in Kashmir look for peace as ceasefire violations on both sides continue to increase

Raqib Hameed Naik

Iraqi forces attack ISIS remnants around Tuz Khurmatu

Iraqi forces backed by the U.S.-led Coalition began a major operation against Islamic State fighters hiding out in a northeastern…

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia plans to launch second Blagovest military satellite in April

The launch of the second of four Russian Blagovest military satellites is planned for April after it was delayed in December,…

Joanne Stocker

Syria says intercepted Israeli airstrikes near Damascus

Syrian air defense systems intercepted an Israeli air attack on a military position near the capital Damascus, the army said.

Staff Writer With AFP

US expands air campaign in northern Afghanistan

The US expanded its air campaign in northern Afghanistan, carrying out airstrikes in Badakhshan province near the border with China and…

Joanne Stocker

US approves $735 million sale to Finland of Harpoon anti-ship and ESSM air defense missiles

The U.S. State Department approved the $735 million sale of 112 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and 68 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles…

Fergus Kelly

Rheinmetall and Sikorsky to collaborate on German heavy lift helicopter bid

Germany's Rheinmetall Group and Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky signed a strategic teaming agreement to offer the CH-53K King Stallion helicopter in…

Staff Writer With AFP

Iran begins mass production of Mohajer-6 combat drones

Iran's defense ministry announced that it has begun mass production of the indigeously-produced Mohajer-6 unmanned aerial vehicle

Joanne Stocker

Boko Haram kills two as military says group ‘defeated’

Boko Haram fighters stormed a village in northeast Nigeria and killed two people, a local resident and a security source…

Staff Writer With AFP