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US, Japan and India to carry out naval exercise under new Indo-Pacific Command

The US, Japanese and Indian navies will carry out latest the latest 'Malabar' maritime security exercise off the coast of Guam this summer

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Orbital to produce 271 anti-radar missiles for US Navy and Australia

Orbital ATK was awarded a $171 million contract modification to convert and produce AGM-88 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles for the US Navy and Australia

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UN Secretary-General Guterres vows to pursue support for G5 Sahel anti-terror force

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres vowed to pursue support for the G5 Sahel anti-terror force during a visit to the mission headquarters in Mali

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ISIS claims deadly attack on Afghanistan interior ministry headquarters in Kabul

Militants launched a gun and bomb attack on the interior ministry in Kabul on Wednesday, killing a policeman in the latest chilling demonstration of their ability to strike at the heart of the Afghan capital. Five people were injured in the attack, which took place during the holy month of Ramadan and was claimed by Islamic State. The Taliban are also stepping up their assaults on the capital, making the heavily fortified city the deadliest place in the country for civilians. Special forces rushed to the scene after the attackers detonated what police said was a car bomb at the first checkpoint leading to the ministry, then tried to battle their way inside. “The fighting is over, the attackers have all been killed by security forces between the first and second security perimeter,” said Kabul police chief Daud Amin. A security source told AFP a clearing operation was continuing. “The attackers used two vehicles to reach near interior ministry compound. There were eight attackers involved, one detonated his explosives, seven others were killed,” interior ministry spokesperson Najib Danish told reporters. He said the attackers used vehicles disguised as those used by foreign military forces, the New York Times reported. Danish …

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Second Russian ‘Project 12700’ minesweeper Ivan Antonov set to sail in autumn

The Ivan Antonov, the second of Russia's 'Project 12700' (Aleksandrit-class) fiber-hull minesweepers, is set to join the Black Sea fleet in the autumn

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Mozambique Islamists suspected in ‘hideous’ beheading of 10 people, including children

Ten people were beheaded in a village in northern Mozambique, police said on Tuesday, as local sources blamed the attack on Islamists.

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32 dead after Menka motel firefight in Anglophone Cameroon, government says

The death toll after a military and police operation in an English-speaking region of Cameroon shaken by an armed separatist campaign stands at 32, including five "hostages"

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Trump’s nuclear weapons policy? He doesn’t have one

The North Korea nuclear talks demonstrate that Trump takes an ad-hoc approach to nuclear issues, but there is no wider policy controlling what he does

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India to spend $1 billion on military infrared imaging equipment

India’s Defence Acquisition Council approved over $1 billion for thermal imaging sights for rocket launchers and search-and-track systems for aircraft

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Afghan special forces kill at least 9 civilians in Nangarhar night raid

Afghan special forces have killed at least nine civilians in an operation in the eastern province of Nangarhar late on Monday, May 28

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