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Niamey -
The bodies of 11 missing Niger soldiers have been discovered after an ambush by armed men killed 17 of their colleagues on patrol near the Mali border, security sources said.
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Istanbul -
Turkey on Tuesday said it had no confirmation of a video published by Islamic State (IS) jihadists purportedly showing the burning to death of two Turkish troops captured in Syria.
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Istanbul -
Turkey has arrested 11 fugitive soldiers suspected of involvement in an attack on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's hotel during the night of the failed coup, the deputy prime minister said Monday.
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Ankara -
Turkey has freed 1,200 soldiers detained after the failed military coup, a top prosecutor said on Saturday, in its first major release of suspects amid global criticism of the crackdown.
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Waegwan -
No casualties have been reported so far after a series of oxygen tank explosions blew apart buildings at a U.S. military base in South Korea.
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Kiev -
A Kiev court on Friday ordered two suspected Russian soldiers who were captured by Ukrainian troops in the separatist east to be placed in pre-trial detention until July 19.
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Moscow -
President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said Friday the Kremlin was doing all it could to secure the release of two men that Ukraine says are captured Russian soldiers.
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Kiev -
Ukraine has charged two suspected Russian soldiers who were captured during a gun battle in the separatist eastern region of Lugansk with involvement in "terrorist activity", a security official said Wednesday.
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Hong Kong -
Hong Kong military veterans who served in the British armed forces are going into battle against their former colonial ruler over their right to live in Britain.
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Kunduz -
Taliban fighters killed 18 Afghan soldiers -- including some who were beheaded -- after storming an army outpost in the remote mountainous northeast in a major attack before the spring fighting season, officials said Monday.
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Moscow -
Russia said on Monday that more than 400 Ukrainian soldiers had crossed over onto its territory to avoid fighting with pro-Kremlin insurgents in the east.
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Los Angeles -
Knowing precisely the microbes present in a wound could greatly aid in the prevention and treatment of infections. This is especially important when dealing with the severe injuries that soldiers can suffer in combat.
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Mikhaylovka -
He had a spark in his eye, a sympathetic smile, and a friendly voice.Major General Igor Kozhin, in charge of Russia's naval aviation, stood outside the military base in Novofedorivka, a village in western Crimea, welcoming Ukrainian soldiers with open ...
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Beijing -
One of the largest city squares in the world, Tiananmen has been the site of political turmoil and draws millions of tourists to see its war memorials, Mao's tomb, museums, government offices, and military parades.
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As new levels of violence are reached in the vicious civil war in the Central African Republic, children are being drawn into the conflict, forced to become soldiers in a fight they know little about, while many more end up suffering unspeakable deaths.
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The United States' army is working to develop smart armor, which would give soldiers "superhuman strength". The army has called upon the technology industry, government labs, as well as academia to help them build the armored suit.
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A string of attacks in Egypt killed nine people, with the deadliest attack taking place in the the city of Ismailia, killing six soldiers.
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Port Elizabeth -
It seems South Africa and the USA are collaborating in training exercises for military troops in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape later this month.
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Portland -
After being found guilty of negligence in the poisoning of at least a dozen US soldiers deployed in Iraq, KBR is insisting that US tax payers foot the bill for damages.
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Beit Jala -
A video has surfaced which shows Israeli Defense Forces opening fire on a group of boys throwing rocks near a school in the Palestinian town of Beit Jala.
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Mocorito -
It has been reported that a 20-year-old Mexican beauty queen was shot dead in a gun battle between drug traffickers and an army patrol, in northern Mexico. However, there is doubt as to the correct identity of the young woman.
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Lisbon -
Holding red cards and banners, thousands of military personnel marched through the streets of Lisbon on Saturday, protesting the austerity measures and budget cuts imposed in Portugal.
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Washington -
As the United States gets ready for Veterans Day, PBS preps for their inaugural broadcast titled "National Salute to Veterans." It airs Nov. 11 on PBS at 7 p.m. CST.
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Military historian and Royal Logistics Corps Museum curator Andrew Robertshaw builds a 60ft WWI trench in his back garden to experience life as a British soldier of the Great War.
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Washington -
Newly declassified documents have been released by the U.S. National Archives showing the United States had knowledge of the slaughter of 22,000 Polish officers and prisoners in the Katyn forest on the western edge of Russia in 1940.
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The New Zealand Defense Force has released a video showing hundreds of its troops, performing a traditional Maori funeral Haka in tribute to their five fallen colleagues who died in Afghanistan.
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Breaking the Silence is an organization formed in 2004, made up of Israeli army veterans. On Saturday, they released a report to the international media on the abuse of Palestinian children.
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London -
As the Olympic Flame finally arrives in London, ready for Olympics 2012, border guards will be going out on strike for 24 hours, just as the Games begin.
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Baker City -
I think an American hero means different things to millions of people around the world who depend upon the United States to help aid them or install freedom and democracy in their country.
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London -
Just 2 weeks before the Olympic Games are due to start, it seems G4S cannot provide sufficient security staff for the event. Now the British Army is being brought in to do the job.
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Military protest in Lisbon, Portugal on November 10, 2012 - “Police are unhappy, military are unhappy, people are unhappy”. Video screen capture
US troops dismount from a UH-1 "Huey" helicopter in the early years of the Vietnam War. wikipedia
US and South African soldiers from SA Armour Formation stand in front of a South Africn Olifant Mk1a tank. US Army Africa
Ukrainian government soldiers sit on an armoured vehicle as they take up a position in a sunflower field south of Donetsk on July 10, 2014 Dominique Faget, AFP
Tourists leave Tiananmen Square to pass beneath the famous gate to the Forbidden City
Israeli soldiers stand on Merkava tanks in an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 8, 2014 Jack Guez, AFP
Military protest in Lisbon, Portugal on November 10, 2012 Video screen capture
US and South African soldiers from SA Armour Formation stand in front of a South Africn Olifant Mk1a tank. US Army Africa
Photo shows Darnall Hospital at the US Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, where many victims of Wednesday's shooting were taken. Michael Heckman/Wikimedia Commons
Soldiers gather around Santa Claus in a video that has gone viral on YouTube YouTube screengrab
Ukrainian soldiers ride on a armored personnel vehicle outside the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltseve, Donetsk region, on December 24, 2014 Sergei Supinsky, AFP/File
U.S. Soldiers conduct a patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers to check on conditions in a village in the Wardak province of Afghanistan US Department of Defense
Soldiers on the Great Wall
U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment prepare for a early morning mission out of Contingency Operating Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq expertinfantry
A still from the documentary Human Terrain, where social scientists embed with the U.S. military to learn about the Afghani culture Courtesy Human Terrain
Israeli soldiers in the co-ed Karakal combat unit on their final hike of basic training.
Cpl. Anthony Gomez, field artillery tactical data systems specialist assigned to 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, currently attached to 1BCT, 4th Inf. Div., shakes the hand of a young resident of Tarok Kolache, April 1, while Pfc. Roy Heggernes interacts with a young boy during a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new village mosque. The U.S. Army
These three servicemen came to lay their wreaths at the same time, then waited while the third caught up, and made the salute together. Well disciplined, I thought and a worthy tribute.
A Foreign Legion soldier with a captured rebel, Ivory Coast, August 2004. Wikimedia
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