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Special forces conduct drills close to North Pole

A combat group of special forces from Russia’s Chechnya region conduct exercises close to the North Pole.

North Korea

North Korea raises tensions with two missile launches

North Korea has reportedly launched two missiles. On Thursday South Korea’s defence ministry said its neighbour had fired what appeared to have been

Romania

US begins advanced warplane deployment to bolster NATO allies

Two of the world’s most sophisticated warplanes have touched down in Romania as part of the United States’ biggest European deployment of F-22

France

Australia chooses France for lucrative submarines contract

Australia has chosen France to build a new fleet of submarines, rejecting Japanese and German bids

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Nigeria

Amnesty accuses Nigerian army of mass murder

Human rights organisation Amnesty International has issued a report accusing the Nigerian army of the massacre of 350 people in the north of the

World News

US to boost troops and equipment in Iraq in fight against ISIL

US to boost troop deployment in Iraq to 4,100 Apache attack helicopters to be sent to take on ISIL Peshmerga to get $400m in assistance The

USA

Russian fighter jet intercepts US military plane, says Pentagon

Just days after Russian planes flew close to a United States Navy destroyer in the Baltic Sea, the Pentagon says a US military reconnaissance plane

North Korea

North Korea's 'failed' missile test is potential blow for Kim Jong-un

North Korea's missile test may have failed, but China is unhappy, nonetheless.

Armenia

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenians protest against Russian arms sales

Hundreds of young Armenians have protested against Russian weapon sales to Azerbaijan. They held a march through central Yerevan on Wednesday (April

Economy

Global defence spending rises for first time since 2011

For the first time in four years there has been a rise in global defence spending according to the latest report by the Stockholm International

Turkey

Man held in Turkey over Russian pilot death

Turkish authorities have reportedly detained a man suspected of killing a Russian pilot after his plane was shot down by a Turkish jet near the

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Russia soldiers train for Syria

Footage broadcast on Russian television showed Russian military engineers training with sniffer dogs and specialist equipment near Moscow, in

World News

More US troops for eastern Europe

Strategic concerns mean the Pentagon is beefing up its presence along the line of the cold war Iron Curtain.

World News

Supporters gather as Israeli soldier appears in court

The shooting of a wounded Palestinian attacker has exposed the already divided opinion in Israel

France

British and French navy rugby match breaks into mass fight

A rugby game between the British Royal Navy and its French equivalent, the Marine Nationale, broke into a mass fight. Video from the game, nicknamed

Mali

Gunmen attack EU mission in Bamako

At least one gunman was killed and two suspects arrested in an attack on a hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako. The building had been converted into a

Russia

Russian pilots welcomed home as heroes from Syria

Jets have begun landing at an air force base in southwestern Russia after the Kremlin's surprise decision to partially withdraw from Syria

World News

Objectives attained: Russia withdraws troops from Syria

Vladimir Putin says Russian forces helped prepare the ground for a ceasefire

Korea

'Blitzkrieg' threat from Pyongyang over US-South Korea war games

It is not war. But on the increasingly tense Korean peninsula it certainly looks like it. US and South Korean troops have been staging a mock

Turkey

Turkish press says 'foreign powers' behind Ankara blast

There is widespread agreement across the Turkish press that the Ankara bombing was a direct attack on the country and that so-called "foreign powers" are to blame.