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Iran and the bomb: Does Tehran really want nuclear weapons?

Iran is well aware of the deep hostility that its neighbors and the Trump administration and Iran’s neighbours have towards it, and racing for a nuclear bomb would invite them to act, Sirous Amerian argues

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Google will not use artificial intelligence for weapons, CEO Sundar Pichai says

Google announced it will not use artificial intelligence for weapons or to "cause or directly facilitate injury to people," as it unveiled a set of principles for the use of these key technologies

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Turkey’s thirst for power threatens water war with Iraq

Iraq, including Kurdistan, relies on the Euphrates and Tigris for 98 percent of its water. Hydroelectric dam building in Turkey is blamed for a 40 percent drop in water levels

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Afghan President Ghani announces temporary unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced a temporary ceasefire with the Taliban coinciding with the end of the Ramadan holiday

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NATO and Rafael carry out unmanned surface vehicle missile exercise off Israeli coast

Rafael and NATO carried out joint training of the Protector unmanned surface vehicle off the Israeli coast this month, demonstrating the USV's capabilities against naval swarm threats

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From 4×30 readiness to Russia’s resurgence, NATO defense ministers face hectic meeting schedule

Ahead of the NATO defense ministers meeting, Drake Long looks at Turkey, Russia and other hot-button issues likely to come up for debate

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Five Kenyan police killed in roadside bomb blast near Somalia border

Five Kenyan paramilitary police officers were killed after their vehicle struck a homemade landmine in Liboi, close to the eastern border with Somalia, a government official said

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Sweden mobilizes 22,000 home guard reservists for major military exercise

Marking its national day, Sweden called up 22,000 reservists for an exercise of a scale not seen in 40 years as tensions simmer between the West and Russia

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Suspected Mozambique jihadists kill 7 people with ‘machetes,’ burn 164 homes

Suspected jihadists hacked seven people to death with machetes and set dozens of homes on fire in northern Mozambique, police said, in a region that has suffered a spate incidents in recent weeks

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Biji Manbij? US and Turkey plan for the Syrian city’s future without the YPG

After months of talks and threats of military action against the strongest force fighting ISIS in Syria, the U.S. and Turkey agreed to a ‘roadmap’ that would see the YPG leave Manbij

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