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Tunisia arrests 12 members of suspected ISIS cell

Staff Writer With AFP -
Authorities have arrested 12 suspected members of Islamic State and seized bomb making materials since a suicide attack last month
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Asia Pacific

The rise of educated young Kashmir militants: propaganda or unpalatable truth?

Gowhar Geelani -
Gowhar Geelani looks at the apparent increase in highly educated young people joining militant groups in Kashmir
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Air

US airstrike in southern Afghanistan killed 23 civilians, UN finds

Staff Writer With AFP -
At least 23 civilians, including women and children, were killed by a US airstrike in southern Afghanistan, according to an UN investigation
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Africa

Nigeria A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft contract finally lands

Fergus Kelly -
Sierra Nevada has been awarded a long-awaited contract for 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for the Nigerian Air Force
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Africa

South Sudan military ‘did what was required’ by obtaining arms from Uganda

Dimo Silva Aurelio -
New Conflict Armament Research report points to Uganda diverting EU-procured weapons into South Sudan’s civil war
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Asia Pacific

Five G4S employees killed in Kabul suicide attack claimed by Taliban

Joanne Stocker -
Five employees of the security company G4S were killed and dozens injured in the Afghan capital when a Taliban suicide bomber targeted one of their locations
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Africa

Boko Haram overruns Nigeria army base near Lake Chad

Staff Writer With AFP -
Boko Haram killed three soldiers in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state near Lake Chad
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Europe

Ukraine president Poroshenko asks NATO to send warships to Sea of Azov

Staff Writer With AFP -
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked NATO members to send naval vessels to the Sea of Azov to back his country in the standoff with Russia
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Asia Pacific

Afghanistan: Taliban suicide bomber attacks G4S complex in Kabul

Joanne Stocker -
A suicide car bomb exploded in an eastern district of Kabul followed by gunfire as militants attacked a compound housing a private security company
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Air

US approves $1 billion sale to Egypt of 10 Apache AH-64E helicopters

Staff Writer With AFP -
The US approved a potential $1 billion sale to Egypt of 10 Apache AH-64E helicopters and related equipment, the DSCA said
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Business

Qatar purchase of Raytheon NASAMS air defense system moves forward

Fergus Kelly -
The US State Department approved the $215 million sale to Qatar of equipment and services in support of the purchase of the NASAMS air defense system
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Business

Egypt Abrams tank rounds price doubles to $201 million

Fergus Kelly -
The US adjusted the estimated cost for the sale of 60,500 tank rounds to Egypt to $201 million, more than double the $99 million value placed on the proposed sale in September
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Air

Russia to deploy new S-400 air defense missile system to Crimea

Joanne Stocker -
Russia will deploy a fourth division set of the S-400 air defense system to Crimea, the Southern Military District said
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Middle East

Syria talks begin in Astana with government and opposition delegations present

Staff Writer With AFP -
Negotiators from Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Kazakhstan's capital Astana for two days of talks to preserve a fragile truce in northern Syria
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Africa

Female suicide bomber targets Cameroon’s Far North, injuring dozens

Staff Writer With AFP -
At least 29 people were in a suicide attack by a female bomber in Cameroon's Far North, a region frequently hit by Boko Haram, security sources said.
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Europe

Slovenia appoints NATO’s only female armed forces chief of staff

Staff Writer With AFP -
Slovenia appointed Major General Alenka Ermenc as chief of staff, becoming the only NATO country whose armed forces are headed by a woman
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