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Africa
Tripoli airport comes under fire despite UN-brokered Libya ceasefire
The Libyan capital's only working airport has come under rocket fire just days after reopening following a UN-backed ceasefire between rival armed groups
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Business
US Army awards Lockheed $50 million for Joint Air-to-Ground Missile procurement
Lockheed Martin has been awarded an almost $50 million US Army contract for the procurement of Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles, the Department of Defense said
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Asia Pacific
Thailand: 2 army rangers shot dead by suspected militants
Two army rangers were gunned down and four more wounded in a night-time ambush by suspected militants in Thailand's Muslim-majority south
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Asia Pacific
Death toll in eastern Afghanistan suicide attack rises to 68
The death toll from a suicide attack on Afghan protesters has soared to 68, as violence flares ahead of elections and a key Islamic holy day
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Asia Pacific
Dozens of casualties in suicide attack on Afghan protesters in Nangarhar
At least five people were killed in a suicide bomb attack among protesters in Nangarhar hours after a double bombing at a girls' school in Jalalabad killed a boy
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Business
Boeing awarded $14 million contract for Small Diameter Bomb glide bombs
Boeing has been awarded a $14 million contract for GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb glide bombs by the US Air Force, a US Department of Defense release said
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Middle East
Iraq executes 7 men convicted of terrorism
Iraq executed by hanging seven of its citizens convicted of "terrorism," the head of the health ministry in the southern province of Dhi Qar said
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Asia Pacific
Taliban attacks in northern Afghanistan kill dozens of security personnel
Taliban fighters killed nearly 60 members of Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces in a spate of attacks across the country's north
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Africa
Libya national oil firm headquarters comes under attack
Armed men stormed the headquarters of Libya's National Oil Company, according to witnesses, who said a blast and gunfire were heard from the site
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Americas
ELN rebels say Colombia government peace talk conditions ‘unacceptable’
Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) said President Ivan Duque's conditions to restart talks aimed at ending their insurgency are 'unacceptable'
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