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Uganda army chief says troops deployed to S.Sudan capital
Mar 12, 2025Following escalating tensions that have endangered a tenuous peace deal, the Ugandan army chief announced Tuesday that special forces from Uganda had been sent to the capital of South Sudan. Poor Although political unrest and insecurity... -
Zelensky says Russia to deploy North Korea troops in combat as early as Sunday
Oct 26, 2024Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for international pressure on the Kremlin and Pyongyang on Friday, claiming that Russia may deploy North Korean forces into combat as early as Sunday. The Ukrainian leader called for “tangible pressure”... -
US agrees to pull troops from key drone host Niger: officials
Apr 20, 2024According to officials, the US reversed course and agreed to withdraw its more than 1,000 personnel from Niger, which has been a longstanding host of drones in Africa. According to US sources who spoke to AFP... -
Scholz rejects talk of sending troops to Ukraine from Europe, NATO
Feb 28, 2024German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday rejected the idea of European or NATO countries sending troops to Ukraine after French President Emmanuel Macron said the idea could not be ruled out. “What was agreed from the beginning among... -
Sweden says doesn’t envision sending troops to Ukraine
Feb 27, 2024Sweden, which is about to become a member of NATO, declared on Tuesday that it does not currently have plans to send ground forces into Ukraine. “It’s not on the cards at all for the moment,”... -
Mali sends troops to northern town ahead of UN retreat
Oct 14, 2023In the northern hamlet of Tessalit, where the UN mission will shortly break camp, several dozen Malian soldiers and Russian paramilitary fighters have arrived, security and local officials said AFP on Friday. On condition of anonymity,... -
Russian troops ordered to advance in Ukraine
Feb 27, 2022The West replied late Saturday with penalties aimed at crippling Russia’s banking sector, while Moscow ordered its soldiers to advance “from all directions” in Ukraine. Officials in Ukraine said 198 civilians had been killed since Russia... -
Australia says troops pulled out ahead of Kabul blast
Aug 27, 2021Australia claimed on Friday that it had evacuated all of its troops from Afghanistan minutes before the Kabul airport bombings after getting “very clear intelligence” of an anticipated assault. Suicide bombers detonated two bombs in a... -
Decision to withdraw 10,000 troops from Jammu and Kashmir
Aug 20, 2020It was decided to immediately withdraw CAPF troops from Jammu and Kashmir and return them to their respective places. The Narendra Modi government has decided to withdraw 10,000 troops from Jammu and Kashmir as it is... -
Deployment of 10,000 fresh troops sparks fear in Indian Kashmir
Jul 28, 2019Tensions in Indian-administered Kashmir rose Sunday over the weekend deployment of at least 10,000 paramilitary troops to the troubled region despite authorities’ assertions the move was routine. India maintains a deployment of 500,000 soldiers in the...
