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Taliban meet US peace envoy for first time since Trump announced deal ‘dead’
The Taliban met with a U.S. envoy in the Pakistani capital, a Taliban official said Saturday, the first such encounter since President Donald Trump announced a month ago that a seemingly imminent peace deal to end Afghanistan’s 18-year war was dead.
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North Korea: No more talks until US ends ‘hostile policy’
North Korea said Sunday that it won’t meet with the United States for more “sickening negotiations” unless it abandons its “hostile policy” against the North, as the two countries offered different takes on their weekend nuclear talks in Sweden.
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India’s air force says it shot down its own helicopter
India’s air force said Friday it accidently shot down one of its own helicopters as it engaged Pakistani fighter planes in an aerial confrontation in Indian-controlled Kashmir in February.
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US offering $5 million bounty for attackers responsible for deadly Niger ambush that killed 4 soldiers
The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice Program is also offering a $5 million reward for information or location of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of the ISIS offshoot known as the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara.
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ISIS in Afghanistan is still able to field thousands of fighters despite hellacious fight to destroy it
A special operations task force was awarded 34 valor awards to include five Silver Stars and nine Bronze Stars during a six month deployment combating Taliban, Afghan ISIS militants, Haqqani network and Al-Qaida fighters.
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US conducts new joint patrol with Turkey in northeast Syria
The U.S.-led coalition and Turkey conducted Friday their third joint patrol in northeastern Syria amid renewed concerns the plan designed to defuse tensions between Washington’s two allies — Ankara and the Syrian Kurds— may not be enough.
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Top US military commander in Europe says more Javelins will help Ukraine
The portable fire-and-forget anti tank missile system has provided a boost to Ukraine’s military capability to combat Russian-backed separatists, but some analyst contend that sophisticated tank buster will do little for a war that has grounded down to entrenched artillery barrages.
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Iraq curfews, shootings as 19 die in anti-government rallies
So far, at least 19 people have been reported killed and hundreds have been wounded since the violence and clashes between security forces and anti-government demonstrators first erupted on Tuesday.
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North Korea says submarine-launched missile test succeeded
North Korea confirmed Thursday it has carried out its first underwater-launched ballistic missile test in three years, in an apparent bid to dial up pressure on the United States ahead of a weekend resumption of their nuclear diplomacy.
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Iran supports European plan to bolster nuclear deal
President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that Iran supports a plan by European countries to bolster a nuclear deal that Tehran reached with the West in 2015 and from which the United States withdrew last year.
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Taliban meet US peace envoy for first time since Trump announced deal ‘dead’
The Taliban met with a U.S. envoy in the Pakistani capital, a Taliban official said Saturday, the first such encounter since President Donald Trump announced a month ago that a seemingly imminent peace deal to end Afghanistan’s 18-year war was dead.
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North Korea: No more talks until US ends ‘hostile policy’
North Korea said Sunday that it won’t meet with the United States for more “sickening negotiations” unless it abandons its “hostile policy” against the North, as the two countries offered different takes on their weekend nuclear talks in Sweden.
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India’s air force says it shot down its own helicopter
India’s air force said Friday it accidently shot down one of its own helicopters as it engaged Pakistani fighter planes in an aerial confrontation in Indian-controlled Kashmir in February.
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US offering $5 million bounty for attackers responsible for deadly Niger ambush that killed 4 soldiers
The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice Program is also offering a $5 million reward for information or location of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of the ISIS offshoot known as the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara.
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ISIS in Afghanistan is still able to field thousands of fighters despite hellacious fight to destroy it
A special operations task force was awarded 34 valor awards to include five Silver Stars and nine Bronze Stars during a six month deployment combating Taliban, Afghan ISIS militants, Haqqani network and Al-Qaida fighters.
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US conducts new joint patrol with Turkey in northeast Syria
The U.S.-led coalition and Turkey conducted Friday their third joint patrol in northeastern Syria amid renewed concerns the plan designed to defuse tensions between Washington’s two allies — Ankara and the Syrian Kurds— may not be enough.
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Top US military commander in Europe says more Javelins will help Ukraine
The portable fire-and-forget anti tank missile system has provided a boost to Ukraine’s military capability to combat Russian-backed separatists, but some analyst contend that sophisticated tank buster will do little for a war that has grounded down to entrenched artillery barrages.
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Iraq curfews, shootings as 19 die in anti-government rallies
So far, at least 19 people have been reported killed and hundreds have been wounded since the violence and clashes between security forces and anti-government demonstrators first erupted on Tuesday.
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North Korea says submarine-launched missile test succeeded
North Korea confirmed Thursday it has carried out its first underwater-launched ballistic missile test in three years, in an apparent bid to dial up pressure on the United States ahead of a weekend resumption of their nuclear diplomacy.
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Iran supports European plan to bolster nuclear deal
President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that Iran supports a plan by European countries to bolster a nuclear deal that Tehran reached with the West in 2015 and from which the United States withdrew last year.
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Taliban meet US peace envoy for first time since Trump announced deal ‘dead’
The Taliban met with a U.S. envoy in the Pakistani capital, a Taliban official said Saturday, the first such encounter since President Donald Trump announced a month ago that a seemingly imminent peace deal to end Afghanistan’s 18-year war was dead.
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North Korea: No more talks until US ends ‘hostile policy’
North Korea said Sunday that it won’t meet with the United States for more “sickening negotiations” unless it abandons its “hostile policy” against the North, as the two countries offered different takes on their weekend nuclear talks in Sweden.
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India’s air force says it shot down its own helicopter
India’s air force said Friday it accidently shot down one of its own helicopters as it engaged Pakistani fighter planes in an aerial confrontation in Indian-controlled Kashmir in February.
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US offering $5 million bounty for attackers responsible for deadly Niger ambush that killed 4 soldiers
The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice Program is also offering a $5 million reward for information or location of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of the ISIS offshoot known as the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara.
-
ISIS in Afghanistan is still able to field thousands of fighters despite hellacious fight to destroy it
A special operations task force was awarded 34 valor awards to include five Silver Stars and nine Bronze Stars during a six month deployment combating Taliban, Afghan ISIS militants, Haqqani network and Al-Qaida fighters.
-
US conducts new joint patrol with Turkey in northeast Syria
The U.S.-led coalition and Turkey conducted Friday their third joint patrol in northeastern Syria amid renewed concerns the plan designed to defuse tensions between Washington’s two allies — Ankara and the Syrian Kurds— may not be enough.
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Top US military commander in Europe says more Javelins will help Ukraine
The portable fire-and-forget anti tank missile system has provided a boost to Ukraine’s military capability to combat Russian-backed separatists, but some analyst contend that sophisticated tank buster will do little for a war that has grounded down to entrenched artillery barrages.
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Iraq curfews, shootings as 19 die in anti-government rallies
So far, at least 19 people have been reported killed and hundreds have been wounded since the violence and clashes between security forces and anti-government demonstrators first erupted on Tuesday.
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North Korea says submarine-launched missile test succeeded
North Korea confirmed Thursday it has carried out its first underwater-launched ballistic missile test in three years, in an apparent bid to dial up pressure on the United States ahead of a weekend resumption of their nuclear diplomacy.
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Iran supports European plan to bolster nuclear deal
President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that Iran supports a plan by European countries to bolster a nuclear deal that Tehran reached with the West in 2015 and from which the United States withdrew last year.



