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South Sudan President Kiir pardons rival Machar and rebel groups

Staff Writer With AFP -
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir issued a decree offering an amnesty to rebels including his bitter rival Riek Machar, days after the two signed a power-sharing deal
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Middle East

Israeli strikes hit Gaza after barrage of rockets, killing toddler

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Israel launched a wave of strikes across Gaza in response to some 150 rockets fired at its territory, leaving three Palestinians including a toddler dead
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Africa

Five Kenyan soldiers killed in roadside IED explosion claimed by al Shabaab

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Five Kenyan soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in the eastern Lamu county, in an attack claimed by al Shabaab
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Air

Estonian Defence Forces find possible location where errant missile landed

Joanne Stocker -
The Estonian Defence Forces has likely found the location where a missile fired by a Spanish Eurofighter landed, Estonian Air Force Colonel Riivo Valge said
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Air

AAI awarded $12.8 million drone ISR contract for Afghanistan airfields

Staff Writer With AFP -
Textron subsidiary AAI Corp. was awarded a $12.75 million contract modification to provide drone system ISR for US force protection in Afghanistan
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Air

Spanish Eurofighter accidentally fires air-to-air missile above Estonia

Staff Writer With AFP -
Spain's defense ministry has opened an investigation after one of its Eurofighter jets accidentally fired an air-to-air missile over Estonia during a routine training mission
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Europe

Macedonia arrests 7 accused of fighting with ISIS in Iraq and Syria

Joanne Stocker -
Police in Macedonia have arrested seven people accused of joining ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the interior ministry said
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Africa

Seven killed, village burned in suspected Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri

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Suspected Boko Haram militants in a dawn raid killed seven people and burned Munduri, a village 13 km north of Borno state capital Maiduguri
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Middle East

Israeli strikes kill 2 Hamas fighters in Gaza

Staff Writer With AFP -
An Israeli strike killed two Hamas fighters in the Gaza strip after shots were fired at soldiers, Gazan and Israeli officials said
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Asia Pacific

NATO investigates reports 9 Afghan police killed in US air strike in Logar province

Staff Writer With AFP -
NATO is investigating reports that at least nine Afghan police officers were killed in a U.S. air strike during fighting with the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan's Logar province
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Middle East

Iraq sentences German woman and French man to life for ISIS membership

Joanne Stocker -
An Iraqi court sentenced a German woman and French man both to life in prison terms for joining ISIS
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Asia Pacific

Taiwan allocates 21% of 2019 defense budget to indigenous weapons

Joanne Stocker -
Taiwan will set aside more than 21% of its defense budget next year for the development of indigenous weapons, President Tsai Ing-wen said
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Air

Does the US Air Force produce good leaders? A response to Col. ‘Ned Stark.’

David Murphy -
The fact that the US Air Force is willing to remove toxic leaders negates ‘Col. Ned Stark's’ argument, Col. David Murphy writes
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Asia Pacific

Resolute Support troops killed in eastern Afghanistan suicide bombing

Joanne Stocker -
A suicide bomber killed three service members with NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan and injured three others
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Africa

Nigeria Air Force strikes Boko Haram ‘hideout’ as attack on village kills five people

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The Nigerian Air Force struck a Boko Haram "hideout" in the northern Borno state, while at least five people were killed and a village razed in an attack blamed on the group
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Business

US approves sale to Latvia of 4 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for $200 million

Fergus Kelly -
The U.S. State Department approved the sale to Latvia of four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $200 million
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