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Chad president Idriss Deby Itno dies in fight against rebels, military says
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The news comes just hours after electoral officials had declared Deby – who has led Chad for more than three decades -- the winner of an April 11 presidential election, paving the way for him to stay in power for six...
Russian military vehicles descend on Ukrainian border, don ‘invasion stripes’
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The advancing force includes 1,300 battle tanks, 3,700 drones, 1,300 artillery and mortar units and 380 multiple launch rocket systems, according to documents leaked to the Daily Mirror. Tensions between the countrie...
Senior royals won’t wear military uniforms at Prince Philip’s funeral to avoid potentially awkward situations
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Queen Elizabeth II's decision means Prince Harry won’t risk being the only member of the royal family not in uniform during Saturday’s funeral for his grandfather, who died last week at the age of 99. Members of the ...
Military wife fights to bring ‘common sense solutions’ back to government
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WASHINGTON SENATE RACE: GOP VETERANS RIGHTS LEADER TO CHALLENGE DEMOCRATIC SEN. PATTY MURRAY TIFFANY SMILEY: I’m running for the United States Senate to bring common-sense solutions to the unique problems that are fa...
Army investigation expected to reveal why low-flying military helicopters were used in response to DC protests
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Washington A long awaited Army fact-finding investigation is expected to shed new light on why military helicopters were authorized to fly at potentially dangerous low altitudes over protesters in Washington, DC, las...
Frustration grows at US military bases overseas over slow pace of vaccine rollout
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Washington Many members of the American military and their family members stationed outside the US are growing increasingly frustrated at the pace of the coronavirus vaccine rollout on overseas bases which is lagging...
Defense Secretary Austin announces measures to combat extremism within military
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Republicans in Congress are concerned that targeting extremism could mean singling out conservatives. Among those moves is establishing a definition of extremist behavior, training on how to identify when service me...
China flanks Taiwan with military exercises in air and sea
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Hong Kong China's armed forces conducted simultaneous military exercises to the west and east of Taiwan on Monday in a move analysts said was a warning to the self-ruled island and its supporter, the United States. T...
The HUMMER EV is more lunar rover than military machine
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Chief engineer Al Oppenheiser told Fox News Autos that when his team was tasked on April 1, 2019 with designing and engineering an electric truck lineup that would go into production within two and a half years, abou...
Sen. Tuberville calls out ‘disappointing partisan slant’ in military training materials
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Tuberville said the materials, designed to educate the ranks about extremism, exhibit a "disappointing partisan slant" by implying only "certain political thoughts are welcome." "For example, the Navy’s training deck...
Military explosive device may have washed ashore on Florida beach
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A deputy discovered the device, believed to be a sea mine, at a beach in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea-- about 30 miles north of Miami, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO). The bomb squad and U.S. Air Forc...
A possible military explosive device washed ashore on a Florida beach
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A possible military explosive training device was discovered on the shore of a popular Florida beach early Sunday. The device, believed to be a sea mine, washed ashore in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, a small beachfront to...
‘We hope to get our pilots alive,’ Nigerian air force says, as military plane disappears from radar
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The Nigerian air force says it has yet to establish the whereabouts of a military plane that disappeared off the radar Wednesday evening near Borno -- an insurgency troubled state in the country's northeast region. ...
Family of American imprisoned in Russia believes he was targeted over past military service
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The parents of Trevor Reed, an American who has been imprisoned in Russia for almost two years, revealed for the first time on Thursday that their son served as a Marine presidential guard -- a fact they believe led...
NATO scrambles jets 10 times to track Russian military planes across Europe
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NATO scrambled fighter jets 10 times Monday to track and intercept an unusually "rare peak" of Russian bombers and fighters flying over the North Sea, Black Sea and Baltic Sea, according to a NATO official. "NATO a...
Grieving family of young girl shot dead by Myanmar’s military forced into hiding
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The family of a young girl killed in her home by Myanmar's security forces say they have gone into hiding and dare not return for fear of being targeted by the military. Khin Myo Chit was shot dead in her father's a...