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Lockheed Martin reports $14.4 billion in second quarter sales

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Lockheed Martin posted net sales of over $14 billion for the second quarter of 2019, along with higher net earnings and cash from operations
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Air

South Korea fires warning shots at Russian A-50 military aircraft

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South Korea said it fired warning shots at a Russian A-50 aircraft after the plane violated the country's airspace off its east coast
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Africa

Suicide car bomb targets French military base in Gao, Mali

Fergus Kelly -
An apparent suicide car bomb exploded at the entrance to a French military base in the central Mali town of Gao
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UK seeks to form Europe-led Gulf maritime protection force

Fergus Kelly -
The UK is prepared to form a Europe-led maritime protection force in the Gulf, foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt said as tensions increase with Iran
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Asia Pacific

Afghanistan civilians killed in Logar airstrike

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At least eight civilians were killed in an air strike that destroyed two homes in the Baraki Barak district of eastern Afghanistan's Logar province
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Africa

Somalia: More than a dozen killed in Mogadishu car bomb explosion

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Dozens of people were killed and injured when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint on the road to the airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu
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Africa

Mali: UK to deploy 250 troops to MINUSMA for long-range reconnaissance missions

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The UK will in 2020 deploy 250 military personnel to MINUSMA, the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, providing a long-range reconnaissance capability
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Air

Lockheed awarded $1.5 billion Saudi Arabia THAAD missile defense system contract

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Lockheed Martin was awarded an almost $1.5 billion contract to supply Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Interceptor support items for Saudi Arabia
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Americas

American ISIS ‘sniper’ charged in US after transfer from SDF custody in Syria

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An American who was allegedly an ISIS sniper has been charged in New York after being captured in Syria and repatriated to the US
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Iran seizes UK-flagged Stena Impero tanker in the Strait of Hormuz

Joanne Stocker -
Iran's IRGC said it impounded a British-flagged oil tanker the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz
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Africa

Nigeria: Aid convoy driver killed, 6 people missing after ambush near Damasak

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An aid convoy driver was killed and six people are missing following an ambush in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, Action Against Hunger said
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Africa

Mali: ‘Terrorists’ killed in French airstrike near Niger border

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Aircraft attached to the France-led Operation Barkhane in the Sahel struck "terrorists" in Mali near the border with Niger, killing nine, the armed forces said
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Hashd al-Shaabi militia bombed in northern Iraq

Joanne Stocker -
A drone bombed a base belonging to a Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) militia in Tuz Khurmatu, northern Iraq
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Air

Turkey carries out airstrikes in Iraqi Kurdistan after diplomat’s murder

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Turkey launched an airstrike in Qandil, Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the killing of a Turkish diplomat in the region
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Asia Pacific

Afghanistan university students killed by ‘sticky bomb’ blast in Kabul

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At least eight people were killed and dozens more wounded when a bomb detonated near a university in the Afghan capital Kabul
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Air

USS Boxer downs Iranian drone near Strait of Hormuz, Pentagon says

Joanne Stocker -
The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer brought down an Iranian drone near the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon and President Donald Trump said
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