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Protecting the National Interest, A Top Priority

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lieutenant General Obed Boamah Akwa, has called for the joint military/police...

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Akufo-Addo Copying Nkrumah – CPP Chairman

National Chairman of the Convention People’s Party Professor Edmund Nminyem Delle says all the major policies of the...

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GAF, Police Capos Salute Operation Vanguard Personnel

The heads of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and the Ghana Police Service have congratulated Operation Vanguard for a good...

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‘Reinforcements’ Caught Sneaking Into Philippine Warzone

Philippine troops have seized 59 suspected militants trying to reinforce Islamist gunmen holed up in the southern city...

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US To Test Anti-Missile System In Alaska

The US military is preparing to conduct another test of a missile-intercept system in Alaska, the Pentagon said Monday,...

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Rise and Fall of General Manas

An army 'Big Shot' whose influence seeped across the south, Lieutenant-General Manas Kongpan sat at the apex of...

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Court Begins Ruling In Major Thai Human Trafficking Trial

A Thai general is among more than 100 defendants facing a verdict Wednesday in a sprawling 2015 human trafficking case...

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Verdict Due In Major Thai Human Trafficking Trial

A Thai general is among more than 100 defendants facing a verdict Wednesday in a sprawling 2015 human trafficking case...

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Civilian Deaths Soar In Iraq, Syria

The US-led coalition attacking the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria killed as many as 744 civilians in June, an...

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US Eyes Continued Presence In Iraq After IS

The United States and several coalition countries want to maintain a military footprint in Iraq after the eventual...

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IS Chief Reported Dead After Jihadists Lose Mosul

Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reported dead on Tuesday, a day after Iraq declared it had driven...

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US Conducts Successful Missile Intercept Test Amid NKorea Tensions

The US military has conducted a successful test of a missile intercept system, officials said Tuesday, as tensions soar...

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Iraqi Forces Push To Clear Last Pockets of IS In Mosul

Iraqi forces fought to eliminate the last pockets of Islamic State group resistance in Mosul on Monday after the...

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Iraqi Forces Fight To Clear Last Jihadists From Mosul

Iraqi forces engaged in "heavy" fighting with the Islamic State group on Monday as they battled to clear the last...

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Mosul Victory Imminent, US Says, As Iraqi Forces Celebrate

Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul, a US general said...

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IS Fighters Killed Trying To Flee West Mosul

A group of jihadists tried to escape across the Tigris River from west Mosul where they hold a dwindling pocket of...

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Iraq Gains Ground In Mosul’s Old City As It Presses Assault On IS

Special forces have recaptured more of Mosul's historic heart as they press the final stages of an assault to drive the...

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Iraq Forces Retake Hospital Near Mosul’s Old City

Iraqi forces have recaptured a hospital and other medical facilities in west Mosul, further isolating Islamic State...

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Mosul Victory In ‘days’ As Pressure On IS Mounts

Iraq will declare victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul during the "next few days," a senior commander said...