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Nigerien troop, 3 US special forces killed in ambush near Mali border

Five Nigerian troops and three U.S. Army special forces were killed on Wednesday, October 5 after they were ambushed in…

Fergus Kelly

Iraqi forces recapture Hawija from ISIS

Iraqi forces recaptured the town of Hawija from Islamic State militants, less than two weeks after the offensive began, the…

Joanne Stocker

US State Department approves $113 million medium-range missile sale to Japan

The U.S. State Department approved $113 million sale of 56 AIM 120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) to Japan.

Anna Varfolomeeva

NATO official says alliance faces ‘hybrid challenges’ after reports of Russian smartphone attack

NATO troops in the Baltic states and Poland face hybrid challenges and sophisticated attacks to undermine them, a NATO official…

Anna Varfolomeeva

Two arrested after mustard gas canisters found in eastern England

Two people have been arrested after WW2-era mustard gas canisters were discovered in woods near what was previously an RAF…

Fergus Kelly

Dutch defense minister resigns over deaths of Mali peacekeepers

Both the Dutch defence minister and the chief of its military resigned over the deaths of two soldiers on a UN…

Fergus Kelly

Russia claims al-Qaeda leader Julani seriously injured in Syria airstrike

Russia's defense ministry claimed an airstrike seriously injured Abu Muhammad al-Julani, leader of Syria's Al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Fateh al-Sham

Fergus Kelly

Coalition strikes target 16 ISIS ‘tactical units’ near Raqqa – CJTF-OIR

U.S.-led Coalition strikes in Iraq engaged 16 ISIS tactical units and 14 fighting positions near the Syrian city of Raqqa…

Joanne Stocker

Motorbike explodes outside Jordanian defense mission in Paris

A motorbike exploded outside the Jordanian military mission in the French capital early on Wednesday morning. Jordan's Petra news agency…

Joanne Stocker

Mattis details new ‘R4+S’ strategy for Afghanistan

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis provided some details on Tuesday on the new American strategy in Afghanistan, unveiling the…

Anna Varfolomeeva