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Dec- 2018 -11 DecemberTechnology
US shoots down intermediate-range ballistic missile in space
The US Navy intercepted an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile target in space during an Aegis Combat System combat system test
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11 DecemberAfrica
France gifts 1,400 assault rifles to Central African Republic
France handed over 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and three amphibious vehicles to the Central African Republic armed forces
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11 DecemberCommentary
ISIS and al-Qaeda clash not only on the battlefield, but also in their propaganda
As fighting between ISIS and al-Qaeda is liable to persist, rhetorical exchanges in the form of propaganda will likely continue, Asaf Day says
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11 December
Yemen government and Houthi rebels list 15,000 names for prisoner swap
Yemen's government and Houthi rebels announced plans for a mass prisoner swap, exchanging some 15,000 names, as UN entered their seventh day
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11 DecemberAfrica
Nine killed in eastern DR Congo raid blamed on ADF
Suspected ADF militants killed nine civilians in an attack in Oicha in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled Beni region
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11 DecemberMiddle East
Iran confirms recent medium-range ballistic missile test
Iran confirmed that it had carried out a recent test of a medium-range ballistic missile after Western powers sharply criticized a December 1 launch
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11 DecemberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber targets security forces convoy near Kabul, killing 4
At least four people were killed and another six injured after a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of Afghan security forces in Kabul
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11 DecemberAsia Pacific
US calls off search for 5 Marines missing after Japan plane crash
The US pronounced five missing Marines dead and ended search operations nearly a week after two US military aircraft crashed off Japan
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10 DecemberMiddle East
UN proposes Yemen’s Houthis leave Hodeidah, place city under joint control
The United Nations has proposed Yemen's Houthi rebels withdraw from Hodeidah as part of a ceasefire deal placing the flashpoint port city under joint control
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10 DecemberEurope
Russia overtakes UK to become world’s second biggest arms producer
Russia has overtaken the UK to become the world's second biggest arms producer behind the US, SIRPI said in a report
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