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Trump meets with national security team on Afghanistan
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other members of the national security team briefed President Donald Trump on Friday on the state of peace negotiations in Afghanistan, with Pompeo saying afterward that “led by the president, we are working diligently on the path forward.”
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Islamic State claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63
The suicide bomber stood in the middle of the dancing, clapping crowd as hundreds of Afghan children and adults celebrated a wedding in a joyous release from Kabul’s strain of war. Then, in a flash, he detonated his explosives-filled vest, killing dozens — and Afghanistan grieved again.
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North Korea’s Kim expresses ‘great satisfaction’ over weapons tests
The launches were North Korea’s sixth round of tests since late July, revealing a new rocket artillery system and two short-range mobile ballistic missile systems that could strike targets throughout South Korea, including U.S. bases there.
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Analysis suggests warlords in Afghanistan are bracing for civil war once US, NATO troops exit
According to analysis from the Institute for the Study of War, various ethnic groups in Afghanistan are bracing for a possible civil war once U.S. and NATO forces depart Afghanistan.
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South Korea says North Korea has fired more projectiles into the sea
South Korea’s military said North Korea fired more projectiles into the sea Friday to extend a recent streak of weapons tests believed to be aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy.
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Iraq takes security measures following mysterious blasts
Iraq on Thursday banned unauthorized flights and ordered all military camps and munitions warehouses to be moved outside Iraqi cities following a massive explosion at a munitions depot southwest of Baghdad that killed one civilian and wounded 13 earlier this week.
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US: Taiwan defense spending to rise with China threat
President Tsai Ing-wen continues to drive to develop domestic training jets, submarines and other weapons technology, supplementing arms bought from the U.S.
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Ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced to life in Iraq shootings
A former Blackwater security contractor was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for his role in the 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq that left 14 people dead.
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Russia orders evacuation near navy nuke site, then cancels it
Neither the Defense Ministry nor Rosatom named the type of rocket that exploded during the test, saying only that it had liquid propellant.
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Blast at Iraq weapons depot injures 13, cause unclear
Iraq’s interior ministry says a large explosion at an ammunition depot southwest of the capital, Baghdad, has injured 13 people, most lightly.
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Trump meets with national security team on Afghanistan
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other members of the national security team briefed President Donald Trump on Friday on the state of peace negotiations in Afghanistan, with Pompeo saying afterward that “led by the president, we are working diligently on the path forward.”
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Islamic State claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63
The suicide bomber stood in the middle of the dancing, clapping crowd as hundreds of Afghan children and adults celebrated a wedding in a joyous release from Kabul’s strain of war. Then, in a flash, he detonated his explosives-filled vest, killing dozens — and Afghanistan grieved again.
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North Korea’s Kim expresses ‘great satisfaction’ over weapons tests
The launches were North Korea’s sixth round of tests since late July, revealing a new rocket artillery system and two short-range mobile ballistic missile systems that could strike targets throughout South Korea, including U.S. bases there.
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Analysis suggests warlords in Afghanistan are bracing for civil war once US, NATO troops exit
According to analysis from the Institute for the Study of War, various ethnic groups in Afghanistan are bracing for a possible civil war once U.S. and NATO forces depart Afghanistan.
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South Korea says North Korea has fired more projectiles into the sea
South Korea’s military said North Korea fired more projectiles into the sea Friday to extend a recent streak of weapons tests believed to be aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy.
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Iraq takes security measures following mysterious blasts
Iraq on Thursday banned unauthorized flights and ordered all military camps and munitions warehouses to be moved outside Iraqi cities following a massive explosion at a munitions depot southwest of Baghdad that killed one civilian and wounded 13 earlier this week.
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US: Taiwan defense spending to rise with China threat
President Tsai Ing-wen continues to drive to develop domestic training jets, submarines and other weapons technology, supplementing arms bought from the U.S.
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Ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced to life in Iraq shootings
A former Blackwater security contractor was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for his role in the 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq that left 14 people dead.
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Russia orders evacuation near navy nuke site, then cancels it
Neither the Defense Ministry nor Rosatom named the type of rocket that exploded during the test, saying only that it had liquid propellant.
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Blast at Iraq weapons depot injures 13, cause unclear
Iraq’s interior ministry says a large explosion at an ammunition depot southwest of the capital, Baghdad, has injured 13 people, most lightly.
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Trump meets with national security team on Afghanistan
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other members of the national security team briefed President Donald Trump on Friday on the state of peace negotiations in Afghanistan, with Pompeo saying afterward that “led by the president, we are working diligently on the path forward.”
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Islamic State claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63
The suicide bomber stood in the middle of the dancing, clapping crowd as hundreds of Afghan children and adults celebrated a wedding in a joyous release from Kabul’s strain of war. Then, in a flash, he detonated his explosives-filled vest, killing dozens — and Afghanistan grieved again.
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North Korea’s Kim expresses ‘great satisfaction’ over weapons tests
The launches were North Korea’s sixth round of tests since late July, revealing a new rocket artillery system and two short-range mobile ballistic missile systems that could strike targets throughout South Korea, including U.S. bases there.
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Analysis suggests warlords in Afghanistan are bracing for civil war once US, NATO troops exit
According to analysis from the Institute for the Study of War, various ethnic groups in Afghanistan are bracing for a possible civil war once U.S. and NATO forces depart Afghanistan.
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South Korea says North Korea has fired more projectiles into the sea
South Korea’s military said North Korea fired more projectiles into the sea Friday to extend a recent streak of weapons tests believed to be aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy.
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Iraq takes security measures following mysterious blasts
Iraq on Thursday banned unauthorized flights and ordered all military camps and munitions warehouses to be moved outside Iraqi cities following a massive explosion at a munitions depot southwest of Baghdad that killed one civilian and wounded 13 earlier this week.
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US: Taiwan defense spending to rise with China threat
President Tsai Ing-wen continues to drive to develop domestic training jets, submarines and other weapons technology, supplementing arms bought from the U.S.
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Ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced to life in Iraq shootings
A former Blackwater security contractor was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for his role in the 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq that left 14 people dead.
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Russia orders evacuation near navy nuke site, then cancels it
Neither the Defense Ministry nor Rosatom named the type of rocket that exploded during the test, saying only that it had liquid propellant.
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Blast at Iraq weapons depot injures 13, cause unclear
Iraq’s interior ministry says a large explosion at an ammunition depot southwest of the capital, Baghdad, has injured 13 people, most lightly.
