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Middle East
French naval base in UAE to host European-led Gulf maritime monitoring mission
A European-led maritime surveillance initiative to monitor Gulf waters will be stationed at a French naval base in Abu Dhabi
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Americas
Trump fires US Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over SEAL misconduct case
The US Navy secretary criticized Donald Trump after being sacked in a dispute over a SEAL commando whose demotion for misconduct was reversed
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Asia Pacific
Philippines soldiers rescue British man and wife from Abu Sayyaf
Philippine soldiers on Monday rescued a British man and his wife from the Islamic State-linked jihadist group Abu Sayyaf
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Asia Pacific
South Korea and Japan to extend military intelligence-sharing agreement
South Korea will extend a critical military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan just hours before the pact was due to expire
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Asia Pacific
China slams ‘provocative’ US warship navigation operations in disputed waters
China accused the US of "provocative" conduct after warships USS Gabrielle Giffords and USS Wayne E. Meyer sailed near the Spratly islands in the South China Sea
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Business
US approves $1 billion sale of MK-45 naval guns to India
The US Department of State has approved a possible $1 billion sale of up to 13 MK-45 5-inch (62-caliber) (MOD 4) naval guns to India
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Business
US approves $4 billion sale of 36 AH-64E Apache helicopters to Morocco
The US approved a sale of 36 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, Hellfire and Stinger missiles and APKWS to Morocco for $4.25 billion
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Europe
Ukraine navy ships held by Russia return to Ochakiv port
Three navy vessels that Moscow seized last year and handed back to Ukraine have arrived at a Ukrainian port, though Kiev said they were stripped of equipment
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Business
NATO to spend $1 billion upgrading ageing AWACS fleet
NATO is to upgrade its ageing fleet of Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS early warning and control aircraft at a cost of $1 billion
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Africa
Gunmen ambush Burundi soldiers near Rwanda border, defense ministry says
Military sources said at least eight Burundi soldiers died in a night jungle ambush near the border with Rwanda
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