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Jun- 2019 -12 JuneCommentary
Questions SecDef nominee Shanahan should – but won’t – be asked
Gregory D. Foster proposes questions that would shed much-needed light on the thinking of Patrick Shanahan who is about to officially occupy the Defense Secretary post
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12 JuneMiddle East
Yemen’s Houthi rebels attack Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport, injuring dozens
A rocket fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels fell in the arrivals hall of Saudi Arabia's Abha airport, injuring more than two dozen people
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12 JuneMiddle East
Syrian media claims shooting down of Israeli missiles near Golan Heights
Syrian air defense shot down a number of Israeli missiles targeting the south of the country near the Golan Heights, the official Sana news agency said
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11 JuneAsia Pacific
India finds wreckage of missing IAF An-32 plane
Indian authorities spotted the wreckage of a missing An-32 with 13 air force personnel aboard after days of searching a remote mountainous region close to China
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11 JuneAfrica
Sudan conflict is Ethiopian peacemaker Abiy’s latest stop
Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed met Sudanese protesters and the ruling military council after a deadly crackdown
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11 JuneAfrica
Mali: Massacre in Dogon village leaves 35 people dead
A gruesome overnight attack on a Dogon village in central Mali left 35 people dead, in the latest violence to strike the region
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10 JuneMiddle East
France and Netherlands to repatriate 14 children of ISIS adherents from Syria
The French and Dutch governments will bring home 14 orphaned children of ISIS adherents from northeast Syria, autonomous administration official Abdulkarim Omar said
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7 JuneEurope
New IRA says it planted bomb under Northern Ireland police officer’s car
The New IRA dissident republican group said it put an explosive device found under the car of a Northern Ireland police officer
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7 JuneAsia Pacific
US and Russia navies accuse each other of unsafe maneuvers in Indo-Pacific
Russia and the U.S. have accused each other of unsafe maneuvers in the Indo-Pacific, each saying vessels from the other’s navies put crews and ships at risk. Russia on Friday, June 7 accused a U.S. naval ship of carrying out a dangerous maneuver by sailing within 50 meters of a Russian naval vessel in the East China Sea. The USS Chancellorsville guided-missile cruiser suddenly turned early Friday while sailing alongside Russia’s Admiral Vinogradov anti-submarine ship, and cut across the course of the Russian vessel, Interfax news agency reported, citing the press service of Russia’s Pacific Fleet. The ships passed at a distance of just 50 m (164 feet), the fleet said. The Russian ship had to carry out an emergency maneuver to avoid collision, the navy said, adding that it had sent a message of protest to the U.S. cruiser’s commanders. Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, Russia’s former navy chief of staff, accused the U.S. of “hooliganism” in comments to Interfax news agency. The U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet hit back on Friday, saying: “At approximately 11:45 am on June 7, 2019 while operating in the Philippine Sea, a Russian destroyer (Udaloy I DD 572) made an unsafe maneuver against USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), …
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6 JuneAsia Pacific
Taiwan confirms request to purchase US Abrams tanks, Javelin and TOW missiles
Taiwan confirmed it is hoping to buy Abrams tanks and Javelin and TOW missiles from the US in a proposed deal that drew a rebuke from China
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