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Nov- 2018 -30 NovemberAsia Pacific
US airstrike in southern Afghanistan killed 23 civilians, UN finds
At least 23 civilians, including women and children, were killed by a US airstrike in southern Afghanistan, according to an UN investigation
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29 NovemberBusiness
Nigeria A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft contract finally lands
Sierra Nevada has been awarded a long-awaited contract for 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for the Nigerian Air Force
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29 NovemberAfrica
South Sudan military ‘did what was required’ by obtaining arms from Uganda
New Conflict Armament Research report points to Uganda diverting EU-procured weapons into South Sudan’s civil war
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29 NovemberAsia Pacific
Five G4S employees killed in Kabul suicide attack claimed by Taliban
Five employees of the security company G4S were killed and dozens injured in the Afghan capital when a Taliban suicide bomber targeted one of their locations
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29 NovemberAfrica
Boko Haram overruns Nigeria army base near Lake Chad
Boko Haram killed three soldiers in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state near Lake Chad
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29 NovemberEurope
Ukraine president Poroshenko asks NATO to send warships to Sea of Azov
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked NATO members to send naval vessels to the Sea of Azov to back his country in the standoff with Russia
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28 NovemberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: Taliban suicide bomber attacks G4S complex in Kabul
A suicide car bomb exploded in an eastern district of Kabul followed by gunfire as militants attacked a compound housing a private security company
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28 NovemberBusiness
US approves $1 billion sale to Egypt of 10 Apache AH-64E helicopters
The US approved a potential $1 billion sale to Egypt of 10 Apache AH-64E helicopters and related equipment, the DSCA said
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28 NovemberBusiness
Qatar purchase of Raytheon NASAMS air defense system moves forward
The US State Department approved the $215 million sale to Qatar of equipment and services in support of the purchase of the NASAMS air defense system
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28 NovemberBusiness
Egypt Abrams tank rounds price doubles to $201 million
The US adjusted the estimated cost for the sale of 60,500 tank rounds to Egypt to $201 million, more than double the $99 million value placed on the proposed sale in September
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