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Staff Writer With AFP

Rheinmetall Defense posts 3% sales growth for 2017

Rheinmetall Defence saw three percent growth in 2017, an increase of €90 million ($109.7 million) in sales compared to the previous…

Joanne Stocker

German citizen arrested with Taliban in Afghanistan

A German national has been arrested with the Taliban in Afghanistan's insurgency-racked Helmand province, a rare example of a European…

Joanne Stocker

Turkey is using refugees to justify attacks on Efrin, Syrian Kurds say

Syrian Kurdish officials, including those opposed to the PYD, say Turkey is using refugees to justify its attacks on the…

Wladimir Van Wilgenburg

US Air Force orders 570 Small Diameter Bomb II glide bombs from Raytheon

Raytheon has been awarded a $77,392,758 contract to produce 570 Small Diameter Bomb II glide bombs and associated equipment for…

Fergus Kelly

Afghan President Ghani lays out plans for peace talks with Taliban

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani unveiled plans for a possible peace settlement with the Taliban that are hoped to end decades…

Joanne Stocker

Five Colombian soldiers killed in suspected ELN rebel attack

Bogota (AFP) – Five Colombian soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded in a bomb attack near the Venezuelan border…

Staff Writer With AFP

Leonardo SW-4 Solo helicopter flies for 45 minutes with no pilot aboard

Leonardo announced the maiden flight of its SW-4 Solo single-engine optionally piloted helicopter with no safety pilot on board

Joanne Stocker

US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 2 near Jilib, Africom says

An airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed two fighters and injured a third on February 26, the U.S.…

Staff Writer With AFP

Afghanistan: Taliban calls for direct peace talks with United States

The Taliban has called for direct talks with the United States to find a "peaceful solution" to the conflict in…

Staff Writer With AFP