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World
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Africa
8/6/2023 8:16:06 PM
The deadline arrived Sunday for Niger’s military junta to reinstate the country’s ousted president, but the West Africa regional bloc that has threatened a military intervention faces prominent appeals to pursue more peaceful means. In the capital, coup leaders appeared at a stadium rally where a chicken decorated in the colors of former colonizer France was beheaded, to cheers.
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World
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Africa
8/6/2023 5:59:20 PM
The United Arab Emirates has sent military vehicles and other security gear to Chad in support of anti-"terrorism" efforts and border protection, the oil-rich Gulf state said on Sunday.
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International
8/6/2023 11:59:08 AM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured the country’s key weapons factories, including those producing artillery systems and launch vehicles for nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, and pledged to speed up efforts to advance his military’s arms and war readiness, state media said Sunday.
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World
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Africa
8/6/2023 10:07:20 AM
Pressure on Niger's coup leaders mounted Sunday with the approach of the deadline set by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS for the military to relinquish control or face possible armed intervention.
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World
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Africa
8/5/2023 11:02:56 PM
Political leaders in Nigeria are urging President Bola Tinubu to reconsider a threatened military intervention against junta leaders in neighbouring Niger, ahead of a Sunday deadline to reinstate the country's elected government.
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World
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War in Ukraine
8/5/2023 6:55:12 PM
Russia said Saturday it scrambled an Su-30 fighter jet to "prevent a violation of the Russian state border" by a US Reaper MQ-9 military drone over the Black Sea.
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World
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Africa
8/5/2023 5:31:45 PM
Defense chiefs from West African nations finalized an intervention plan Friday and urged militaries to ready resources after negotiations deadlocked with Niger’s military junta, which says it is severing military agreements with France, its former colonial ruler.
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Africa
8/5/2023 4:35:38 PM
Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the deadline nears for it to release the country’s ousted president or face possible military intervention by the West African regional bloc, according to an analyst.
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World
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Africa
8/5/2023 12:56:29 PM
Regional mediation efforts to reverse the coup in Niger and restore its democracy collapsed as soon as they started. Tensions have escalated as the Sunday deadline nears for possible military intervention by other West African countries.
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World
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Region
8/4/2023 2:44:34 PM
A West African delegation has failed to secure the return to power of Niger's elected government as the junta moved to break military cooperation with former colonial power France.
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World
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Africa
8/3/2023 10:07:11 PM
A delegation from the West African bloc ECOWAS arrived in Niger on Thursday for talks in a bid to resolve a crisis following last week's military coup, an airport source told AFP.
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Region
8/3/2023 1:05:00 PM
Israel is being rocked by a wave of mass protests calling for the country’s democracy to be upheld. But the pro-democracy movement lacks any clear message of opposition to Israel’s open-ended military occupation and rule over millions of Palestinians.
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Opinion
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8/3/2023 10:54:08 AM
Mercenary work is as old and ever-present as warfare itself, at least within Western civilization (Petersohn, 2014).
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Africa
8/2/2023 8:17:22 PM
West Africa's regional bloc on Wednesday said a military intervention in junta-ruled Niger was "the last resort" as Nigeria cut electricity supplies to intensify pressure on the country's coup leaders.
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Egypt
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Defence
8/2/2023 2:53:26 PM
Minister of Defence and Military Production Mohamed Zaki witnessed on Wednesday the implementation of the main phase of the Third Field Army’s mobilization command centres project.
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World
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Region
8/2/2023 1:15:08 PM
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched a surprise military drill Wednesday on disputed islands in the Persian Gulf, just as the U.S. military increase its presence in the region over recent ship seizures by Tehran.
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World
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Africa
8/1/2023 3:52:46 PM
The military coup in major uranium producer Niger does not pose a problem for supplies of nuclear fuel for the European Union, an EU spokesman said Tuesday.
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World
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Region
8/1/2023 12:35:06 PM
Thousands of Marines backed by advanced U.S. fighter jets and warships are slowly building up a presence in the Persian Gulf. It’s a sign that while America’s wars in the region may be finished, its conflict with Iran over its advancing nuclear program continues to worsen, with no solutions in sight.
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World
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Africa
8/1/2023 10:40:38 AM
Two West African nations ruled by mutinous soldiers said Monday that military intervention in Niger would be considered a “declaration of war” against them, as the junta attempts to consolidate power after a coup last week.
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World
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International
7/30/2023 2:00:54 PM
The Biden administration believes China has implanted malware in key US power and communications networks in a "ticking time bomb" that could disrupt the military in event of a conflict, The New York Times reported Saturday.
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