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Business
Raytheon awarded missile systems maintenance contract modification for US and Spain
The Pentagon awarded Raytheon Missile Systems a $28,881,512 contract modification to maintain missiles of the US Navy and Spanish government
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Business
L3 Technologies awarded $37.5 million contract for US Special Operations aiming lasers
The US awarded a $37.5 million contract to L3 Technologies to deliver precision aiming lasers (PAL) for Special Operations Command
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Africa
Morocco and Spain arrest 4 suspected ISIS supporters in joint raids
Moroccan police said they arrested three suspected supporters of Islamic State, in a joint operation with Spain
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Asia Pacific
US Afghanistan envoy Khalilzad to restart talks with the Taliban in Doha
The US negotiator on Afghanistan will resume talks with the Taliban, the State Department said three months after President Donald Trump halted negotiations
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Europe
NATO members adopt joint declaration in London despite summit tensions
NATO leaders issued a joint statement on reaffirming their bond despite fierce disputes over spending and strategy in the run up to their summit
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Business
Lockheed Martin awarded $998 million hypersonic ARRW missile contract
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $998 million contract modification for the hypersonic Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) missile
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Asia Pacific
5 Afghans and Japanese aid worker killed in Jalalabad attack
Five Afghans and a Japanese aid worker were killed in an attack in Jalalabad city in the eastern province of Nangarhar
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Europe
Erdogan threatens to block NATO’s Baltic defense plan
Turkey will block a NATO plan to defend Baltic countries if it doesn't label a Kurd-led militia in Syria as terrorists, President Erdogan said
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Africa
Mali soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Mopti near Burkina Faso
Two soldiers were killed and seven were injured by a roadside bomb in Diougani in central Mali's Mopti region
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Africa
UN peacekeepers deploy to stop communal killings in South Sudan
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said it had re-deployed 75 troops to halt a cycle of communal attacks and revenge killings that have left 79 dead
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