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EU formally establishes 25-member PESCO defense and security cooperation pact

The Council of the EU established the Permanent Structured Cooperation on security and defense (PESCO) consisting of 25 member states

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Putin orders partial Russia troop withdrawal from Syria during surprise visit to Hmeimim air base

President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the partial withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria during a surprise visit to the country en route to Egypt

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Russia seeks to boost naval cooperation with Japan while criticizing Korean exercises

Russia and Japan are set to conduct more than two dozen joint military exercises next year as Moscow seeks to boost cooperation with its island neighbor.

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Qatar signs £6 billion deal with UK for 24 Typhoon fighter jets, missiles and bombs

Qatar signed a contract with the UK to purchase 24 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter jets, Brimstone and Meteor missiles and Paveway IV bombs

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Prime Minister Abadi declares ‘end of war’ against ISIS in Iraq

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday declared victory in the three-year war by Iraqi forces to expel Islamic State

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Pakistan Air Force ordered to shoot down foreign UAVs, including US drones

Pakistan's Air Force chief said he ordered the service to shoot down foreign drones in Pakistani airspace, including UAVs operated by the United States.

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Pakistan’s US-made AH-1Z Viper helicopters to be fitted with General Dynamics gun turrets

Pakistan's US-made AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters on order from Bell Textron will have General DynamicsA/A49E-7 (V4) gun turrets fitted

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US airstrikes kill 5 al-Qaeda militants in Yemen’s al-Bayda – Pentagon

U.S. military airstrikes in Yemen killed five al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula militants in the al-Bayda governorate, the Department of Defense said on Friday.

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UN peacekeepers killed in DR Congo base attack

Fourteen peacekeepers from the United Nations Democratic Republic of the Congo mission (MONUSCO) and five Congolese soldiers were killed in an attack on a base in North Kivu, the U.N. said on Friday.

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US Air Force orders laser small diameter bombs from Boeing

Boeing has been awarded a $10.5 million contract to produce Laser Small Diameter Bombs for the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Department of Defense said

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