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Egypt - Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs)

Wed, 30/12/2020 - 04:15
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Egypt of Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $65.6 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
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DHS Announces Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras Have Signed Asylum Cooperation Agreement

Wed, 30/12/2020 - 04:15
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras have all signed the Asylum Cooperation Agreement (ACA) and all three ACAs have entered into force.
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WFP: Unrest in Northern Mozambique Creating Acute Food Shortages

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:15
The World Food Program is warning that hundreds of thousands of people in conflict-ridden northern Mozambique are facing life-threatening shortages of food.
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CAR: UN chief condemns escalating violence during election campaign

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:14
With a week to go until elections are scheduled to take place in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN is concerned about an escalation of armed attacks, amid reports that armed groups have taken control of towns near the capital, Bangui.
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UN Condemns Growing Repression in Thailand

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:13
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights is expressing alarm at the growing repression and clampdown on freedom of expression and assembly in Thailand.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina's Mostar Holds First Local Elections In 12 Years

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:13
Polls have closed in Bosnia-Herzegovina's ethnically divided southern city of Mostar is holding its first local elections in 12 years on December 20, amid concerns that a surge in coronavirus infections would keep many voters away.
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Biden transition team slams Pentagon for halting cooperation

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:13
US President-elect Joe Biden's transition team has expressed frustration over resistance to their requests for information from political appointees at the Pentagon, complaining of "an abrupt halt in the already limited cooperation."
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Armenians mourn Karabakh war victims, pile pressure on PM to resign

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:13
Thousands of Armenians have marched through the capital Yerevan to mourn the victims of a six-week war with neighboring Azerbaijan, demanding that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan step down over his handling of the conflict.
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US Military Equipment Transport Convoy Enters Northeastern Syria Via Iraq, Reports Say

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:12
An US military convoy with logistics and equipment has entered northeastern Syria through a crossing on border with Iraq, the Syrian state-run SANA news agency reported on Sunday, citing sources.
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73 US trucks loaded with military, logistic equipment in Syria's Hasakah: SANA

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:12
Another convoy consisting of 73 US Army vehicles loaded with weapons, military equipment and logistic reinforcement has arrived in Syria's oil-rich northeastern province of Hasakah from Iraq, Syria's official news agency reports.
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Saudi war, blockade kill 100,000 Yemeni newborns every year: Health ministry

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:12
A Yemeni health ministry official says 100,000 newborns die every year in the impoverished country due to the ongoing war of aggression and total blockade imposed on Yemen by the Saudi-led military coalition.
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US warship to help ongoing troop withdrawal from Somalia

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:12
A US warship and an aircraft have launched an operation to withdraw American forces out of Somalia, the Pentagon declared this week as it carries out a Defense Department order to transfer hundreds of troops to other locations.
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Car Bomb Kills 9 in Afghan Capital

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:10
Officials in Afghanistan say a car bomb went off in Kabul on Sunday, killing at least nine people and injuring 20 others.
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Afghan Troops Kill 74 Taliban Militants During Clashes in Kandahar Province

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:10
As many as 74 Taliban* militants have died during clashes with the Afghan armed forces in Kandahar province, the Afghan Ministry of Defence said on Sunday.
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Women, children killed as car bomb targets Afghan lawmaker in Kabul

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:10
A car bomb attack has claimed the lives of at least nine Afghan people and injured many others in Kabul, in the latest of a series of deadly attacks to rock the Afghan capital.
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Afghan Lawmaker Survives Deadly Car Bombing In Kabul

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:09
Afghan authorities say a car bombing targeting a member of parliament killed at least nine people in the capital, Kabul.
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Carrier Shandong likely to return to S.China home port for future missions after recent Straits transit: analyst

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:08
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, sailed through the Taiwan Straits on Sunday toward the south in a combat group of four other PLA warships media reported.
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Outspoken HK lawmaker mulls national security education center to supervise reforms

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:08
An outspoken pro-establishment LegCo lawmaker Junius Ho Kwan-yiu plans to establish a center for national security education with 8 million Hong Kong dollar ($1.03 million), aiming to supervise reforms of liberal studies subjects at local schools while reporting public opinion to the new national security committee and other relevant authorities to further implement the national security law for Hong Kong.
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China unveils new foreign investment security review rules to align with intl practice

Mon, 21/12/2020 - 07:07
China unveiled new rules for reviewing foreign investment on security grounds over the weekend in a major move to align with global practice in regulating foreign investment in the military, key energy and information technology sectors, and financial services.
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