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Jun- 2020 -30 JuneAsia Pacific
Australia to Boost Defense Spending as China Tensions Rise
Australia will announce a substantial increase in defense spending and focus on projecting military power in the Indo-Pacific amid escalating tensions with China.
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25 JuneAsia Pacific
Japan Confirms Scrapping US Aegis Ashore Missile Defence System
Japan has scrapped the deployment of a multibillion-dollar US anti-missile system, days after saying the programme had been suspended.
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25 JuneTerrorism
US Doubles Reward for IS Leader to $10 Million
The United States doubled to $10 million its reward for the capture of the supremo of the Islamic State extremist movement.
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23 JuneTerrorism
US Soldier Plotted to Have Unit Attacked by Jihadists: Justice
A US soldier with links to neo-Nazis plotted to have Islamic extremists attack his unit in Turkey in hopes of sparking a new '10-year war' in the Middle East, the Justice Department charged Monday.
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22 JuneNuclear
US, Russia Hold Arms Talks With Little Hope of Accord
The United States and Russia held talks in Vienna Monday on their last major nuclear weapons agreement with little prospect of an imminent agreement as tensions and differences mount over whether they see any value in arms control at all.
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18 JuneMiddle East
Rockets Hit Baghdad’s Green Zone for the Fifth Time in 10 Days
Rockets hit Baghdad's Green Zone, home to the US embassy, on Thursday, the fifth such attack in 10 days.
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15 JuneMiddle East
Drone Strike in Syria Kills Two Jihadist Leaders: Monitor
A drone attack in northwestern Syria killed two commanders of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated group on Sunday, a war monitor said.
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12 JuneMiddle East
US to Reduce Troops in Iraq ‘Over Coming Months’
The United States promised Thursday to reduce troops from Iraq over the coming months after talks with Baghdad, where lawmakers have pushed for their withdrawal.
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5 JuneMiddle East
US Launches First Taliban Air Strikes Since Afghan Ceasefire End
The US launched its first air strikes against the Taliban since a rare ceasefire between the insurgents and Afghan forces ended more than a week ago.
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2 JuneAmericas
Trump Threatens Military Mobilization Against Violent US Protests
President Donald Trump vowed to order a military crackdown on once-in-a-generation violent protests gripping the United States, saying he was sending thousands of troops onto the streets of the capital and threatening to deploy soldiers to states unable to regain control. The dramatic escalation came a week after the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed when a white police officer knelt on his neck, leading to the worst civil unrest in decades in New York, Los Angeles, and dozens of other American cities. In the Midwest, police were early Tuesday trying to bring the city of St Louis under control after a night of looting and violence in which four officers were shot, police chief Colonel John Hayden said, adding their injuries were not life-threatening. “Mr. Floyd was killed somewhere else and they’re tearing up cities all across the country,” a visibly emotional Hayden said. After being criticized for his silence on the worsening crisis, Trump struck a martial tone in a nationwide address Monday from the White House garden, as police fired tear gas on peaceful protesters outside the fence. “I am dispatching thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers, military personnel and …
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