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Europe
Explosion at Russian military academy injures cadets
Four people were injured in a blast at the Mozhaysky Military-Space Academy in Russia's second city of Saint Petersburg
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Business
Israel’s Rafael posts record $2.6 billion in sales for 2018
Israeli defense contractor Rafael posted record sales of nearly $2.6 billion in fiscal year 2018, up from around $2.2 billion the year before
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Business
Germany extends ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia by a further six months
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government extended an embargo on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia until the end of September
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Americas
US Marine Corps General McKenzie replaces retiring Votel as CENTCOM Commander
Newly promoted General Kenneth F. McKenzie took over the leadership of US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East
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Africa
Nigeria: 2 killed in Boko Haram attack on Miringa military base
Boko Haram militants raided a military base in Miringa in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, killing a police officer and a local resident
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Africa
Four Burkina Faso gendarmes killed in attack on base in Barani near Mali border
Four Burkina Faso gendarmes were killed in an attack on a base in the Boucle du Mahoun region near the Mali border
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Africa
Somalia: At least 11 killed in suspected car bombing in downtown Mogadishu
At least 11 people died when a bomb exploded on a busy street and ripped into a nearby restaurant in Somalia's capital Mogadishu
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Asia Pacific
Mi-8 helicopter crash in Kazakhstan kills 13 service members on board
A military Mi-8 helicopter crashed in southwestern Kazakhstan, killing all 13 servicemen on board, the defense ministry said
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Africa
Niger: Boko Haram suicide bomb and gun attack in Diffa region kills at least 10
At least 10 people were killed along with at least two suicide bombers in a coordinated Boko Haram attack in N'Guigmi in the Diffa region of eastern Niger
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Africa
Mali: 6 killed in attack on Dogon village of Ouadou
Six people were killed in attacks on villages of the Dogon ethnic community in central Mali, as the UN mission called for an end to the "spiral of violence"
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