Politics
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Sep- 2019 -30 September
US General Mark Milley sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
US Army General Mark Milley was sworn in as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing General Joseph Dunford
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27 September
UN suspends Sri Lanka peacekeepers over army commander’s appointment
The UN suspended Sri Lankan troops from peacekeeping duties after the appointment of a general accused of war crimes as army chief
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26 September
Sudan closes borders with Libya and CAR citing security concerns
Sudan ordered the closure of its borders with Libya and Central African Republic over security concerns, the country's ruling body announced
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20 September
INTERVIEW: US envoy James Jeffrey on ISIS, the Syrian border, Idlib, Rukban and Iraq
US envoy James Jeffrey talks about the US role in Syria and the effort to fully dismantle ISIS in Iraq in a wide-ranging interview
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18 September
Germany extends Saudi arms sales embargo by 6 months
Germany has extended by six months a weapons export freeze against Saudi Arabia imposed a year ago over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
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16 September
Trump says US is ‘locked and loaded’ after attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure
President Donald Trump said the US is "locked and loaded" to respond to attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure sent oil prices soaring
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Aug- 2019 -23 August
South Korea agrees to share military intelligence with Japan through US
South Korea said it will share military intelligence with Japan through the US after terminating a pact to exchange information directly
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22 August
South Korea to end military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan
South Korea said it will terminate its military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan amid intensifying trade and diplomatic disputes
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21 August
UAE denies it supports Yemen’s southern separatists capture of Aden
The UAE rejected accusations it supported Yemeni separatists in their seizure of the government's de facto capital Aden
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2 August
Russia urges moratorium on missile deployment after US quits INF treaty
Russia called on the US to implement a moratorium on deploying intermediate-range nuclear missiles, as Washington withdrew from the INF treaty
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