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Royal Marines receive first of 25 Commando Merlin helicopter

Fergus Kelly -
The first of 25 new Commando Merlin helicopters designed for Royal Marine aircraft carrier operations has been delivered
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Africa

US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 10 militants, Africom says

Drake Long -
U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in Somalia, killing 10 militants associated with al-Shabaab, the Somali-led affiliate of al-Qaeda, U.S. Africa Command said
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Middle East

SDF captures prominent French ISIS member Adrien Guihal in Syria

Wladimir Van Wilgenburg -
Another French jihadist allegedly involved in attacks in France, Adrien Guihal, was arrested by a special unit of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in northern Syria
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Asia Pacific

North Korea demolishes Punggye-ri nuclear test site tunnels

Drake Long -
North Korea demolished its only known nuclear weapons test-site at Punggye-ri, according to the government and journalists who reported explosions used to collapse and seal the site’s underground tunnels.
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Air

Buk missile that hit flight MH17 over Ukraine came from Russian military brigade, investigators say

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Investigators probing the 2014 downing of flight MH17 said for the first time that the missile which brought down the plane over eastern Ukraine came from a Russian military brigade
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Asia Pacific

Taiwan to upgrade pair of 30-year old submarines

Drake Long -
Taiwan has received permission from a Dutch ship-building firm on May 23 to upgrade and modernize two of its aging submarines, the Ministry of National Defense said.
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Asia Pacific

US disinvites China from RIMPAC exercise over South China Sea ‘militarization’

Drake Long -
China will not be participating in the biennial RIMPAC, or Rim of the Pacific Exercise, this year, after being disinvited, a Pentagon spokesperson said
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Europe

Robotic vehicles: Russia’s quest for the weapons of future wars

Anna Varfolomeeva -
After years of research and testing, multipurpose unmanned ground vehicles are finally being accepted for service alongside Russia’s troops.
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Asia Pacific

Five killed on sixth day of India-Pakistan border clash

Staff Writer With AFP -
A mortar and gun battle between Indian and Pakistani forces along their Kashmir frontier killed five civilians, taking the death toll in the six-day confrontation to 16, officials said
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Asia Pacific

Korean Spring: The ‘battle of wits’

David Murphy -
Although he is no Sicilian, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is playing a similar “Battle of Wits” with the West over his country's nuclear program, Col. David Murphy says.
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Air

Second set of F-35 stealth fighter jets arrive in Norway

Drake Long -
Three F-35A stealth fighter jets landed at Orland Air Base in Norway on Tuesday, bringing the total number of F-35s delivered to the Royal Norwegian Air Force to six.
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Africa

Central African Republic: UN will “use all the means at its disposal to restore security” in Bambari

Fergus Kelly -
The U.N.'s military chief in Central African Republic said that peacekeepers will use any means necessary to restore security to Bambari, where clashes between armed groups last week left dozens of casualties
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Europe

Russian nuclear submarine Dolgoruky test-fires four Bulava ICBMs in White Sea

Joanne Stocker -
The Russian nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky successfully test-fired four Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles in the White Sea, the Northern Fleet said
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Asia Pacific

A shortcut to heaven: How women and children became suicide bombers in Indonesia

Ainur Rohmah -
A desire to enter heaven together motivated three Indonesian women to join their husbands in forcing their children to carry out suicide attacks
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Asia Pacific

Afghan security forces killed when bomb-laden van explodes in Kandahar

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At least 16 people were killed and 38 wounded when a minivan stuffed with explosives detonated as security forces were trying to defuse it in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
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Air

Israel claims world’s first F-35 airstrikes

Joanne Stocker -
Israel has used its F-35 fighter jets to carry out airstrikes in the region, IAF commander Major General Amikam Norkin said, the first acknowledgement of the plane's operational use.
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