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Yemen children killed and injured after pupil brings unexploded ordnance to schoolYemen children killed and injured after pupil brings unexploded ordnance to school

Yemen children killed and injured after pupil brings unexploded ordnance to school

Two children were killed and eight critically wounded when an unexploded bomb went off at a school in the Yemeni…

Staff Writer With AFP
Sierra Nevada awarded 5-year Afghanistan A-29 training contract as US shifts to in-country instructionSierra Nevada awarded 5-year Afghanistan A-29 training contract as US shifts to in-country instruction

Sierra Nevada awarded 5-year Afghanistan A-29 training contract as US shifts to in-country instruction

Sierra Nevada was awarded a $43 million contract for A-29 Super Tucano training for Afghanistan as the US transitions to…

Fergus Kelly
Germany repatriates children of ISIS fighters from IraqGermany repatriates children of ISIS fighters from Iraq

Germany repatriates children of ISIS fighters from Iraq

Germany has repatriated from Iraq children of jailed ISIS adherents, the foreign ministry said, as the war against ISIS draws…

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Haftar’s Libyan National Army advances on Tripoli as western militias mobilizeHaftar’s Libyan National Army advances on Tripoli as western militias mobilize

Haftar’s Libyan National Army advances on Tripoli as western militias mobilize

General Khalifa Haftar ordered his Libyan National Army to move on the capital Tripoli ahead of UN talks aimed at…

Jared Szuba
US House votes to end military support for Yemen warUS House votes to end military support for Yemen war

US House votes to end military support for Yemen war

The US House voted to end military support for the Yemen war, dealing a rebuke to Donald Trump and curtailing…

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Lebanon receives 6 Scan Eagle drone systems from USLebanon receives 6 Scan Eagle drone systems from US

Lebanon receives 6 Scan Eagle drone systems from US

Lebanon received six Boeing Insitu Scan Eagle unmanned aerial systems from the US, the Lebanese Armed Forces and the US…

Fergus Kelly
‘We have no choice but to liberate Efrin’ – Aldar Xelil on northern Syria’s next moves‘We have no choice but to liberate Efrin’ – Aldar Xelil on northern Syria’s next moves

‘We have no choice but to liberate Efrin’ – Aldar Xelil on northern Syria’s next moves

Syrian Kurdish official Aldar Xelil says his forces are not counting on outside powers to protect them from Turkey

Jared Szuba
Burkina Faso: More than 60 killed in ‘terrorist’ attacks and intercommunal reprisals in ArbindaBurkina Faso: More than 60 killed in ‘terrorist’ attacks and intercommunal reprisals in Arbinda

Burkina Faso: More than 60 killed in ‘terrorist’ attacks and intercommunal reprisals in Arbinda

Sixty-two people were killed this week in terrorist attacks and subsequent intercommunal clashes in north Burkina Faso, a minister said

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Mali: UN peacekeeper injured in attack on Kidal MINUSMA baseMali: UN peacekeeper injured in attack on Kidal MINUSMA base

Mali: UN peacekeeper injured in attack on Kidal MINUSMA base

A MINUSMA peacekeeper was reportedly injured in a rocket and gun attack on a United Nations base in Kidal, in…

Fergus Kelly
UN Security Council requests options for Mali peacekeeping force overhaulUN Security Council requests options for Mali peacekeeping force overhaul

UN Security Council requests options for Mali peacekeeping force overhaul

The UN Security Council agreed to discuss revamping the UN peacekeeping force in Mali, including a possible major drawdown

Fergus Kelly