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South Korea fires warning shots after North soldier defects

South Korean soldiers fired 20 warning machine gun rounds Thursday, turning back North Korean soldiers apparently pursuing a comrade who had earlier dashed across the rivals' shared border, officials said. It is the fourth time this year a North Korean soldier has defected across the world's...

Kuwait probes alleged graft in French helicopter deal

Kuwait has ordered an investigation into a $1.1 billion deal to buy 30 military helicopters from France, a minister said Wednesday, after reports of alleged kickbacks. The oil-rich emirate agreed to buy the Airbus Caracal helicopters for one billion euros ($1.1 billion) in August 2016...

Protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan despite police clampdown

Protests raged for a third day in Iraqi Kurdistan on Wednesday despite a clampdown by security forces after five people were killed as ire exploded at the calamitous fallout from an independence vote. Demonstrators in the town of Rania, where five protesters were shot dead and dozens...