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Jul- 2018 -25 JulyBusiness
US to procure more Boeing Insitu ScanEagle drone systems for Afghanistan
Boeing subsidiary Insitu was awarded an almost $11 million contract for the supply of 27 ScanEagle unmanned aerial systems for Afghanistan, a U.S. Department of Defense release said.
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25 JulyBusiness
Australian Defence Force to buy 1,000 more Rheinmetall trucks under Land 121 project extension
Rheinmetall expects to deliver more than 1,000 new logistics trucks to the Australian Defence Forces as part of its land fleet modernization program
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25 JulyAmericas
American woman who moved to ISIS-held Raqqa repatriated from SDF custody in Syria
The US has repatriated and charged Samantha Elhassani, an American woman who traveled to Syria with her husband and children to join ISIS
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24 JulyMiddle East
IDF ‘intercepts’ Syrian jet in Israeli airspace, spokesperson says
Israel has shot down a Syrian fighter jet in Israeli airspace, the Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said
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24 JulyAsia Pacific
Indian Air Force lands in Australia for Exercise Pitch Black combat drills
Indian Air Force personnel and combat jets landed in Australia for Exercise Pitch Black 2018, the first time India has participated in the biennial air drills
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23 JulyAfrica
Al-Shabaab fighters storm military base in southern Somalia
Heavily-armed Al-Shabaab fighters stormed a military base in southern Somalia, leaving several dead, a local army official and witnesses said
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23 JulyAfrica
Suicide bomber targets mosque in northeast Nigeria, killing eight
Eight people were killed at a mosque in northeast Nigeria when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, a civilian militia member and a local resident said
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21 JulyMiddle East
Gaza ceasefire holds after Israeli strikes over soldier’s death
A ceasefire announced by Hamas largely held after a wave of deadly strikes across the Palestinian enclave sparked by the death of an Israeli soldier shot near the border
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20 JulyEurope
Ukraine to get $200 million from Pentagon for additional training, equipment and advisory efforts
The U.S. Department of Defense announced $200 million in additional assistance to Kiev to boost the defensive capacity of Ukraine's forces.
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20 JulyAfrica
Declassified document shows Iran, Iraq and Libya could have South African chemical weapons
Declassified US documents released this week to mark Nelson Mandela's death suggest South Africa sold chemical weapons to Iran
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