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ISIS claims deadly attack on Afghanistan interior ministry headquarters in Kabul

Staff Writer With AFP -
Militants launched a gun and bomb attack on the interior ministry in Kabul on Wednesday, killing a policeman in the latest chilling demonstration of their ability to strike at...
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Europe

Second Russian ‘Project 12700’ minesweeper Ivan Antonov set to sail in autumn

Joanne Stocker -
The Ivan Antonov, the second of Russia's 'Project 12700' (Aleksandrit-class) fiber-hull minesweepers, is set to join the Black Sea fleet in the autumn
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Africa

Mozambique Islamists suspected in ‘hideous’ beheading of 10 people, including children

Staff Writer With AFP -
Ten people were beheaded in a village in northern Mozambique, police said on Tuesday, as local sources blamed the attack on Islamists.
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Africa

32 dead after Menka motel firefight in Anglophone Cameroon, government says

Staff Writer With AFP -
The death toll after a military and police operation in an English-speaking region of Cameroon shaken by an armed separatist campaign stands at 32, including five "hostages"
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Americas

Trump’s nuclear weapons policy? He doesn’t have one

Michelle Bentley -
The North Korea nuclear talks demonstrate that Trump takes an ad-hoc approach to nuclear issues, but there is no wider policy controlling what he does
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Asia Pacific

India to spend $1 billion on military infrared imaging equipment

Drake Long -
India’s Defence Acquisition Council approved over $1 billion for thermal imaging sights for rocket launchers and search-and-track systems for aircraft
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Asia Pacific

Afghan special forces kill at least 9 civilians in Nangarhar night raid

Fergus Kelly -
Afghan special forces have killed at least nine civilians in an operation in the eastern province of Nangarhar late on Monday, May 28
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Middle East

Israel strikes targets in Gaza after militants fire mortars at southern Israel

Staff Writer With AFP -
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a barrage of mortar shells at southern Israel, the army said, causing no injuries but raising tensions in the border area
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Asia Pacific

Militant attack on Indian army camp in Kashmir leaves two dead

Staff Writer With AFP -
Two people were killed in a shootout in the disputed territory of Indian Kashmir, officials said Monday, the first attack since the army suspended operations against militants for Ramadan.
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Air

First firing trial for UK’s Land Ceptor air defense missile system

Fergus Kelly -
The U.K. successfully conducted the first firing trial of the new MBDA-made Land Ceptor air defense missile system at a test range in Sweden, the Ministry of Defence said
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Americas

Colombia isn’t joining NATO

Joanne Stocker -
Colombia isn't joining NATO. Or rather Colombia is already part of NATO.
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Land

Russian soldiers killed by Syrian ‘militant fire’ in Deir Ezzor

Joanne Stocker -
Four Russian soldiers were killed in Syria's Deir Ezzor governorate when a group of militants attacked a Syrian military position, the Russian Ministry of Defence said.
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Commentary

Project Maven does not make Google evil

Opinion Editor -
As controversy rages over Google working with the U.S. military to include its AI software in American drone programs, Saahil Dama argues that regulation of autonomous weapons systems – not prohibition – is key
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Asia Pacific

A war over water: Fall of Farah exposes a new proxy front in Afghanistan’s conflict

Shadi Khan Saif -
Iran is seen to recognize western Afghanistan as its ‘area of influence’ where it identifies development activities such as the building of dams as competition rather than cooperation
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Air

US Navy orders 3 additional P-8A Poseidon aircraft for $416 million

Joanne Stocker -
Boeing has been awarded a $416 million contract modification to produce three P8-A Poseidon aircraft for the U.S. Navy, a Department of Defense press release said
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Air

Kazakhstan orders 8 additional Su-30 fighters from Russia

Joanne Stocker -
Kazakhstan has ordered a new batch of Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets from Russia's United Aircraft Corporation, the company's president said
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