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UK and US companies shut out of €13 billion European Defence Fund

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The EU will present its new €13 billion defense fund, but conditions for taking part will shut out "third countries" including post-Brexit UK and the US
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Europe

Norway wants 700 US troops deployed nearer Russia border

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Norway will ask the United States to double the number of U.S. troops stationed in the country and deploy them nearer the border with Russia, the government said
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Asia Pacific

In Afghanistan, ceasefires will amount to little in a war that has raged for years

Michael Kugelman -
Afghanistan’s temporary ceasefire is better than none, but likely represents little more than a brief interlude in a war poised to rage for many years, Michael Kugelman says
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Asia Pacific

Taliban launches new attack in northern Afghanistan as government ceasefire begins

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Taliban fighters killed a governor in northern Afghanistan as clashes broke out across the country, officials said, accusing the militants of defying the start of a government ceasefire
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Air

UN pulls staff from Yemen’s Hodeidah ahead of expected imminent assault

Joanne Stocker -
The UN has begun evacuating staff from Hodeidah ahead of an expected assault by a coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as the Yemeni army advances
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Africa

Central African Republic seeks UN approval for China arms deliveries

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Central African Republic asked the U.N. Security Council to approve deliveries of Chinese armored vehicles, rockets, machine guns, tear gas, ammunition and other equipment for its army and police
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Air

Dynetics awarded up to $470 million to produce small glide bombs for US special operations

Fergus Kelly -
Dynetics has been awarded up to $470 million to produce GBU-69B Small Glide Munitions for U.S. Special Operations Command
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Africa

UN peacekeeper killed, Central African Republic soldier injured in Bambari clashes

Fergus Kelly -
A Burundian U.N. peacekeeper was killed and a Central African Republic soldier injured in clashes in Bambari in the centre of the country, U.N. sources said
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Middle East

Turkish military launches operations against PKK in Iraq’s Qandil and Sinjar, Erdogan says

Joanne Stocker -
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkish military operations against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Qandil and Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan had begun
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Asia Pacific

Suicide bomber hits Afghanistan ministry hours before ceasefire with Taliban starts

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At least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded by a suicide bomber outside a government ministry in Kabul, a day before a government ceasefire with the Taliban begins
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Commentary

Gulf armed forces urgently need new HR models

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Gulf Cooperation Council countries have invested heavily in military equipment. Now they need to invest in people, Strategy& partner Haroon Sheikh writes
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Asia Pacific

Taliban announce temporary ceasefire, overlapping with Afghan government’s pause

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The Taliban announced its first ceasefire in Afghanistan since the 2001 US invasion, with a three-day halt in hostilities against the country's security forces
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Business

Bulgaria parliament approves spending $1.9 billion on fighter jets, armored vehicles

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Bulgaria's parliament approved on Friday, June 8 spending over 3.2 billion leva ($1.9 billion) for new fighter jets and armoured vehicles to update its aging fleet of Soviet-built equipment.
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Middle East

US gave guarantees to protect Manbij after Turkey deal, MMC spokesperson says

Joanne Stocker -
Shervan Derwish says the US and Coalition gave Manbij Military Council assurance that Manbij would not be attacked
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Africa

US finds civilian casualty reports in Somalia raid not credible, Africom says

Joanne Stocker -
A review of a U.S.-Somalia joint raid last month on suspected al-Shabaab fighters in Bulcida found that civilian casualty allegations were not credible, U.S. Africa Command said.
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Commentary

Iran and the bomb: Does Tehran really want nuclear weapons?

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Iran is well aware of the deep hostility that its neighbors and the Trump administration and Iran’s neighbours have towards it, and racing for a nuclear bomb would invite them to act, Sirous Amerian argues
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