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Ed Damazin Drone Strikes: What Is Known About the Fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile

Ed Damazin Drone Strikes: What Is Known About the Fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile

Drone strikes on Ed Damazin, the capital of Sudan's Blue Nile state, killed at least four civilians at dawn on Wednesday 7 October 2026 and...

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Houthi Attacks on Riyadh and Abha Airports: What Saudi Arabia Has Confirmed

Houthi Attacks on Riyadh and Abha Airports: What Saudi Arabia Has Confirmed

Attacks on Abha International Airport and Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on 6 and 7 October 2026 killed three people and wounded 36, Saudi Arabia's...

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Has Somalia Bought JF-17 Fighters From Pakistan? What Is Actually Confirmed

Has Somalia Bought JF-17 Fighters From Pakistan? What Is Actually Confirmed

Posts claiming that Somalia has "finalised" a deal to buy Pakistani JF-17 Thunder fighters have spread widely on X since 5 October 2026. Neither the...

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ISWAP Attack on Kukawa Special Forces Base: What Nigeria’s Military Has Confirmed

ISWAP Attack on Kukawa Special Forces Base: What Nigeria’s Military Has Confirmed

Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters attacked a Nigerian Army special forces position in Kukawa, Borno State, on the night of Tuesday 6 October...

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Nigerian Air Force Takes Delivery of Two Airbus H125 Helicopters

Nigerian Air Force Takes Delivery of Two Airbus H125 Helicopters

The Nigerian Air Force has formally inducted two Airbus H125 light helicopters at its Lagos base, the latest piece of a five-aircraft rotary-wing delivery that...

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Sisi’s ‘Highest Combat Readiness’ Call: What Egypt’s SCAF Meeting Actually Said

Sisi’s ‘Highest Combat Readiness’ Call: What Egypt’s SCAF Meeting Actually Said

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi told Egypt's top commanders on 5 October 2026 to maintain "the highest levels of combat readiness", citing "unprecedented challenges and changes"...

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France Gives Madagascar a Long-Range Drone and Promises About 100 More

France Gives Madagascar a Long-Range Drone and Promises About 100 More

France has handed Madagascar's armed forces a long-range surveillance drone and promised about 100 more surveillance and reconnaissance drones, in a deal formalised during a...

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Ethiopia’s Army Takes Mekelle as Air Strikes Spread Across Tigray: What Is Confirmed

Ethiopia’s Army Takes Mekelle as Air Strikes Spread Across Tigray: What Is Confirmed

Ethiopia's federal army and the allied Tigray Peace Force (TPF) have taken Mekelle, the capital of Tigray. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) withdrew from...