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Business
US Navy orders 3 additional P-8A Poseidon aircraft for $416 million
Boeing has been awarded a $416 million contract modification to produce three P8-A Poseidon aircraft for the U.S. Navy, a Department of Defense press release said
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Business
Kazakhstan orders 8 additional Su-30 fighters from Russia
Kazakhstan has ordered a new batch of Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets from Russia's United Aircraft Corporation, the company's president said
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Europe
Russian nuclear submarine Dolgoruky test-fires four Bulava ICBMs in White Sea
The Russian nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky successfully test-fired four Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles in the White Sea, the Northern Fleet said
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Air
Israel claims world’s first F-35 airstrikes
Israel has used its F-35 fighter jets to carry out airstrikes in the region, IAF commander Major General Amikam Norkin said, the first acknowledgement of the plane's operational use.
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Middle East
High-value target captured by SDF isn’t ISIS spokesperson Abu Hasan al-Muhajir
Reports that the Syrian Democratic Forces backed by the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State captured the group's spokesperson Abu Hasan al-Muhajir in a raid in Eastern Syria are untrue, a spokesperson for the Coalition said
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Middle East
Israel builds ‘missile net’ along eastern border to protect new airport
Israel has built a unique "missile net" to defend a new airport, as part of a newly-completed segment of its eastern border barrier, a military official said
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Asia Pacific
Afghan president Ghani apologizes for Kunduz airstrike that killed 30 children
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani apologized to the families of dozens of children killed in an Afghan Air Force strike on a religious school in Kunduz province last month
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Asia Pacific
US and Afghan aircraft deployed after Taliban launch offensive on Farah city
U.S. and Afghan Air Force aircraft have targeted Taliban positions in Farah after the Taliban launched an assault in a bid to capture the city
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Middle East
Israeli forces kill protesting Palestinians in Gaza as US opens embassy in Jerusalem
Israeli forces shot and killed Palestinian protesters along the frontier with Gaza as mass protests erupted against the inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem
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Middle East
Israel strikes dozens of ‘Iranian military targets’ in Syria overnight
Israel said it hit dozens of Iranian military targets in Syria overnight, including one where a rocket attack on the Israeli army in the Golan Heights originated.
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