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Aug- 2018 -20 AugustAir
US soldier killed in special operations helicopter crash in Iraq
A US led Coalition against ISIS service member, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Taylor J. Galvin was killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq, Operation Inherent Resolve said
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19 AugustAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: President Ghani offers Taliban 3-month conditional ceasefire
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani declared a provisional three-month ceasefire with the Taliban to begin on Eid al-Adha
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17 AugustCommentary
Does the murder of 3 journalists in Central African Republic expose Russia’s ‘raid, seize and exploit’ strategy?
The murky murder of three journalists in Central African Republic highlights Russia’s ‘raid, seize and exploit’ armed adventurism, Kiril Avramov and Ruslan Trad argue
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17 AugustBusiness
Australia signs €2 billion contract with Rheinmetall for 211 Boxer wheeled armored vehicles
Germany's Rheinmetall announced that it secured a €2.1 billion (Au$3.3 billion) contract to supply Australia with 211 Boxer wheeled armored vehicles
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17 AugustAfrica
UK Chinook helicopters in Mali ‘fully operational’
Three RAF Chinook heavy lift helicopters are now fully operational and are supporting French counter-terrorism operations in Mali, the UK Ministry of Defence said
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16 AugustReview
The wiretapping that changed the Cold War
God and Spies author and former US Navy diver G.M. Matheny talks to Sonya Swink about Ivy Bells, the operation to intercept Soviet naval communications
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16 AugustAsia Pacific
Gunmen attack Afghan intelligence training center in Kabul
Gunmen launched an attack on an intelligence training center in Kabul, officials said, a day after a suicide bomber killed dozens of students in the war-weary city
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15 AugustMiddle East
PKK leader in Sinjar killed in Turkish airstrike
Turkey carried out an operation in the Sinjar area of northern Iraq, which the armed forces said killed PKK leader Zeki Shingali
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15 AugustAsia Pacific
Students killed in suicide bombing at Kabul education center
Dozens of people were killed when an explosion at an education center rocked a minority Shiite area of western Kabul
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15 AugustAsia Pacific
Taliban kill dozens of Afghan soldiers in overnight attacks
Taliban insurgents killed dozens of Afghan soldiers in overnight attacks in Baghlan and Zabul provinces, bringing the number killed in the past week to well over 200
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