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Boeing awarded $312 million contract for JDAM bomb guidance kits

Fergus Kelly -
Boeing was awarded an almost $312 million U.S. Air Force contract for Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) strap-on guidance kits
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Africa

US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 5, Africom says

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An airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed five on April 1, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said
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Asia Pacific

Afghan airstrike targeting Taliban in religious school kills and injures civilians

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An Afghan airstrike on a religious school in a Taliban stronghold in Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz province caused multiple casualties, including civilians, Afghan officials and witnesses said
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Africa

Boko Haram attacks on military base and villages in Nigeria leave at least 18 dead

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At least 18 people were killed and dozens were wounded in coordinated Boko Haram attacks overnight on a military camp and villages around the Nigerian city of Maiduguri
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Middle East

6 Turkish women sentenced to death for ISIS membership in Iraq

Staff Writer With AFP -
A Iraqi court sentenced six Turkish women to death and a seventh to life in prison for ISIS membership after they surrendered to Kurdish Peshmerga after fleeing Tal Afar
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Africa

Al-Shabaab attack on African Union military base in Somalia reportedly leaves dozens dead

Staff Writer With AFP -
Dozen were reportedly killed after heavily-armed al-Shabaab militants attacked an African Union military camp in Somalia where peacekeepers from Uganda are stationed
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Asia Pacific

At least 16 killed as fighting rages across Indian Kashmir

Staff Writer With AFP -
At least 16 people were killed in Indian Kashmir in some of the fiercest fighting this year, police said Sunday, as authorities braced for more violence
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Africa

Sierra Leone’s presidential election threatens to heighten ethnic tensions

Joseph Hammond -
Tension and violence tied to the 2018 Sierra Leone election suggest the country is entering into a precarious political period as people vote in the second round of the presidential election
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Middle East

Bomb kills 2 Coalition personnel, injures 5 in Manbij, Syria

Fergus Kelly -
A car bomb in the northern Syrian town of Manbij killed two personnel from the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State and injured five others on Thursday, March 29.
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Middle East

ISIS claims eastern Libya suicide bombing that killed 8

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Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Libya that killed eight people, including civilians
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Middle East

Israeli forces kill least 16 people in Gaza on first day of large-scale protests

Joanne Stocker -
At least 16 people were killed and hundreds reported injured during the first day of a planned six-week protest by Palestinians along the Gaza border with Israel
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Middle East

France to send troops to Manbij as Trump says US coming out of Syria “very soon”

Fergus Kelly -
France is to "very quickly" send troops to Manbij in northern Syria to block the advance of Turkish forces, French media reported, as President Donald Trump said the U.S. would be coming out of Syria "very soon"
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Middle East

Turkey threatens to “take initiative” in Manbij ahead of ministerial meeting in Washington

Fergus Kelly -
Turkey will not hesitate to act if YPG members do not leave the Syrian town of Manbij, the country's national security council said, ahead of a meeting between Turkish and American ministers
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Middle East

Israel tells UN it will ‘defend’ itself as Gaza braces for 6 weeks of protest

Joanne Stocker -
Israel on Thursday warned the United Nations that it will defend itself on the eve of a mass protest planned by Palestinians in Gaza
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Asia Pacific

US gives patrol boats to Vietnam amid South China Sea tensions

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The US delivered 6 patrol boats and equipment worth $20 million to Vietnam, the US embassy in Hanoi said, as the former foes boost ties amid continuing tensions in the South China Sea
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Asia Pacific

US orders 8 more Boeing Insitu ScanEagle drone systems for Afghan Security Forces

Fergus Kelly -
Boeing subsidiary Insitu was awarded a $47 million contract for the supply and operation of eight ScanEagle unmanned aerial systems for the Afghan Security Forces
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