Military history by country

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Pakistan Says Inflicted Heavy Losses On Afghan Border Forces

Pakistan's military on Sunday said it had killed more than 50 Afghan soldiers in a clash on a major border crossing two...

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Tillerson Discusses Syria With Russia’s Lavrov

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the conflict in Syria with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov on Friday, the...

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N.Korea Leader Revisits Island Strike Site

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspected a military unit that was responsible for bombarding a southern island, state...

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Russia, Turkey, Iran Sign Deal To Set Up Syria Safe Zones

Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday signed an agreement to set up four safe zones in Syria that the United Nations...

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Jihadists Claim Mali Attack That Killed UN Peacekeeper

A UN peacekeeper killed in a rocket and mortar attack in Mali was identified Thursday as a Liberian soldier, as a...

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Iraq Forces Launch New Push On IS In West Mosul

Iraqi forces thrust into west Mosul from the north on Thursday, opening a new front in the more than six-month-old...

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Rocket Attack On UN Camp In Mali Kills One, Wounds 9

Shelling and rocket fire on a UN camp in the troubled Malian city of Timbuktu killed one person and wounded nine...

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Fresh Syria Talks Hit Hurdles As Safe Zones Mooted

Syrian rebels said Wednesday they were suspending participation in a latest round of peace talks aimed at pushing a...

News

South Korea Warship Sails To Somalia

A South Korean warship is heading for Somalia to hold an anti-piracy drill in waters off the country’s coast. The...

International

Kabul Bomb Attack Targeting Nato Convoy Kills Eight

A suicide attack on a convoy belonging to the Nato mission in Afghanistan has killed at least eight people in Kabul,...

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ISIS Suicide Car Bomber Attacks US Convoy In Afghanistan Killing Eight

Eight civilians were killed and another 28 people wounded, including three American soldiers, when an ISIS suicide...

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Bomb Blast Targets Foreign Forces In Kabul

A bomb blast targeting a convoy of foreign forces near the US embassy in Kabul Wednesday killed at least three people...

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Nine Malian Soldiers Killed In Central Mali Attack

Nine Malian soldiers were killed and five wounded in an area regularly targeted by jihadist groups, as the commander of...

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IS Attack In Western Iraq Kills 10 Soldiers

Jihadist fighters killed at least 10 soldiers in the western Iraqi province of Anbar on Tuesday in their latest deadly...

International

France Says ’20 Fighters Killed’ In Northern Mali

France says it has killed about 20 suspected fighters in a forest near Mali's border with Burkina Faso. French Mirage...

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US Aims To Eliminate IS From Afghanistan This Year

After dropping a monster bomb on its fighters, then targeting its leader, the US military is looking to destroy the...

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Iran Big Winner From Region’s Turmoil

Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit warned Monday that Iran and Israel were the main beneficiaries of turmoil across the...

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In Iraq’s Mosul, Mobile Clinics Deliver Precious Medical Care

Men, women and children stand in separate lines in the scorching sun baking west Mosul's Baghdad Square for a turn in...

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Broadway Comedy Musical Tells the Story of the 2003 Iraq War

A musical comedy based on the intelligence failures which led to the war in Iraq has opened Off-Broadway. 'Baghdaddy'...