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Eight overnight attacks targeted a US diplomatic and logistics centre at Baghdad’s International Airport, an Iraqi security official said on Sunday.
Several waves of departures from…
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If everything goes according to plan, Indonesia will be in possession of an aircraft carrier come Armed Forces Day on October 5.
When that happens, it…