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Bangladesh's pair of new-build C13B corvettes has commenced trials in China ahead of a planned December 2015 entry into service
Two more corvettes are to be ordered
Recent Chinese internet images suggest that the pair of C13B corvettes being built for the Bangladesh Navy (BN) at
AT LEAST 17 people - including two police officers - were killed and 80 others wounded when a male suicide bomber - disguised as a female in a burqa - detonated his explosives as police stopped him outside a market in Chad's capital N'Djamena on 11 July, Al-Jazeera and Reuters reported. Boko Haram
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Two female suicide bombers wearing burqas detonated their devices on 12 July in front of a Chadian-Cameroonian military camp in Fotokol, in the Far North region of Cameroon bordering northeastern Nigeria.
The attacks killed at least 11 people, including one Chadian officer, and injured 17,
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Venezuelan interior minister Gustavo Enrique González López reported yesterday (13 July) on the result of a 48-hour joint operation by the National Guard, Venezuela's judicial police the Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas (CICPC), the national
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El Chapo's escape represents a political, security, and institutional setback for President Enrique Peña Nieto. It highlights the institutional weaknesses within Mexico's law enforcement agencies.
The escape serves as a reminder of the strength of organised crime in Mexico. There
US contractor Harris on 10 July announced the planned headquarters for its business units, following news of a reorganization on 1 July. Company headquarters will remain in Florida.
Many of the primary business areas will be based at or near the company's headquarters, in Melbourne, Florida,
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) is considering private sector involvement in designing the Mk 2 version of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), which has been under development by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) for over three decades.
Official sources said the MoD was 'seriously'
Pentagon officials have rebranded and re-organised the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), renaming it the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency (JIDA) and placing it within the department's acquisition shop.
The new agency is chartered with helping to counter improvised
At least a dozen Oshkosh All-Terrain Mine-Resistance Ambush Protected Vehicles (M-ATVs) have been delivered to Yemeni and are being used in the fighting for the strategically important port city of Aden.
Amateur videos and photographs of the M-ATVs in Aden began to emerge on social media channels
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New flight tests score two out of three
Helina delayed by time and cost overruns and technological challenges
The Indian Air Force conducted the latest in a series of flight trials of the much-delayed 190 mm Helina anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) at the Chandhan firing range, in
Morocco has ordered a 50 m landing craft tank (LCT) from Piriou, the French shipyard announced on 9 July.
French shipyard Piriou has been contracted to build a 50 m landing craft tank (LCT), the company announced on 9 July.
The new vessel will be built at Piriou's Concarneau shipyard in Brittany,
In an apparent attempt to shake-up counter-insurgency operations, Nigeria's new president Muhammadu Buhari has replaced the chiefs of staff of all three services months before schedule, as well as the chief of defence intelligence (CDI) and national security advisor (NSA).
Nigeria's service chiefs
Nine companies have been given permission to view detailed financials from Israel Military Industries as part of an Israeli government plan to privatise the company, local media reported on 13 July.
Globes, an Israeli business publication, reported that the nine companies will be given access to
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Organised crime and corruption continue to represent one of the biggest challenges for foreign investors in Bulgaria and Romania. Bulgaria is lagging significantly behind Romania in terms of tackling corruption and limiting financial and political leverage for criminal groups.
While
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the twin suicide bombings that targeted the city of Fotokol in the north of Cameroon on 12 July.
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