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Lockheed awarded $928 million to develop air-launched hypersonic conventional strike weapon

Fergus Kelly -
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $928 million contract for the development and integration of a hypersonic conventional strike weapon for the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. Department of Defense release said
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Air

Deadly airstrike on school is latest blow to Afghanistan peace prospects

Shadi Khan Saif -
Afghanistan saw yet another deadly government air raid claim multiple civilian lives, but is now witnessing a landmark civic movement in a bid to keep the hope of peace alive amid escalating violence.
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Europe

Basque group ETA to announce dissolution ‘on May 5 or 6’: mediator

Staff Writer With AFP -
The Basque militant group ETA will make the highly anticipated announcement of its dissolution on the first weekend in May, an international mediator told Basque radio
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Air

Iraq carries out first cross-border air raid in Syria, targeting ISIS

Joanne Stocker -
Iraq's air force carried out the first cross-border airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office announced
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Air

Chinese combat helicopters hold live-fire drills off southeast coast

Staff Writer With AFP -
Chinese combat helicopters conducted live-fire drills with missiles off the country's southeast coast, state media said, without confirming whether the exercises took place in the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
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Air

Russia’s Volga-Dniepr to end NATO strategic airlift contract

Staff Writer With AFP -
Russian airline Volga-Dniepr said it will stop providing cargo planes to NATO at the end of 2018, dealing a blow to the transatlantic alliance and France in particular which rely heavily on its aircraft.
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Middle East

Iraq sentences French woman to life in prison for ISIS ties

Joanne Stocker -
An Iraqi court sentenced a French national, Djamila Boutoutaou, to life in prison for joining ISIS, and condemned to death six other foreign women.
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Commentary

Why does Iran need ballistic missiles?

Opinion Editor -
Iran's ballistic missiles are the key defensive weapon and are at the same time an offensive element of its deterrence strategy, Sirous Amerian argues.
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Air

UAE seizes Iranian drone transporting explosives in Yemen

Joanne Stocker -
The UAE military stopped an Iranian Qasef-1 drone that was transporting explosives in Yemen, state media reported.
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Middle East

Jaysh al-Islam reportedly agrees to leave Dumayr for Jarablus in northern Syria

Fergus Kelly -
Syrian state media reported that opposition group Jaysh al-Islam agreed to leave another town east of Damascus, just days after evacuating their main bastion in Eastern Ghouta.
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Middle East

Saudi Arabia renews offer to deploy troops to Syria

Fergus Kelly -
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir reaffirmed on Tuesday the kingdom's willingness to deploy troops to Syria as part of U.S.-led efforts to stabilise the conflict-torn country.
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Asia Pacific

Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to study and schedule border demining

Staff Writer With AFP -
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan look set to demine their shared border, Tajikistan's border service, as the central Asian neighbours look to roll back more than two decades of hostile relations
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Asia Pacific

China launches website to report foreign spies

Staff Writer With AFP -
China has stepped up its campaign against foreign espionage with a website in Mandarin and English encouraging people to report spies and national security threats.
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Asia Pacific

Afghanistan deploys troops after Pakistan cross-border gunfight leaves dead on both sides

Staff Writer With AFP -
Afghanistan has deployed troops after a cross-border gunfight with Pakistan on Sunday left at least two people dead amid simmering tensions between the neighbours.
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Asia Pacific

Afghan and US special operations forces raid in Darzab kills 22 ISKP fighters

Fergus Kelly -
Afghan special forces backed by U.S. troops killed 22 Islamic State – Khorasan Province fighters in a nightime raid in Darzab district, Jowzjan province on Wednesday, April 11
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Africa

Mali militants disguised as peacekeepers attack French and UN bases killing one, injuring dozens

Fergus Kelly -
A rocket and car bomb attack by militants wearing blue helmets left one UN peacekeeper dead, a dozen wounded and another dozen French soldiers hurt at Timbuktu's airport area
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