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Iran shoots down US RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drone

Iran said it had shot down a US surveillance drone that violated its airspace near the Strait of Hormuz

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Islamic State claims 12 Nigeria soldiers killed in Gajiram attack

ISIS claimed 12 Nigerian soldiers were killed when fighters from its ISWAP affiliate attacked a military base in Gajiram in the northeastern Borno state

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Two Niger police officers killed in attack on police station near capital Niamey

Two police officers were killed when gunmen attacked a police station north of the Niger capital Niamey

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Mali: Dozens killed in Dogon villages near Burkina Faso border

Dozens of people were killed and many others wounded in attacks in the ethnic Dogon villages of Gangafani and Yoro in Mopti region of central Mali

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Galapagos Islands will not host US military base, Ecuador president says

Ecuador President Lenin Moreno insisted that the US would not install a military base on the Galapagos Islands, although US aircraft will use an airport there

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Esper named new US acting defense secretary after Shanahan withdraws

US President Donald Trump said his pick for defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, has withdrawn, leaving the Pentagon without a permanent boss for more than six months

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Houthi landmines: A tool of terrorism in Yemen

Yemen Minister of Information Moamar Al-Eryani calls for the Houthis to be held accountable for their use of landmines

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Pentagon announces $250 million in military aid for Ukraine

The US announced a $250 million military aid package for war-torn Ukraine to strengthen the former Soviet republic's naval and land capabilities

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Canadian paratrooper killed, 3 others injured during Exercise Swift Response in Bulgaria

A Canadian paratrooper died and three others – a Canadian and two US soldiers – were injured in the US Army Europe-led Exercise Swift Response in Bulgaria

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Japan looks to boost naval capabilities in face of emerging China submarine threat

With ships, drones and the F-35, Japan is expanding its anti-submarine warfare capabilities to counter China in the Indo-Pacific

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