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The Italian Parliament approved the suspension of the mandatory military service in August 2004, with effect starting from 1 January 2005, and the Italian armed forces will now be entirely composed of professional volunteer troops, both male and female, [49] except in case of war or serious international military crisis, when conscription by ...
Fatalities in 2019 1978 Afghanistan conflict. Soviet–Afghan War; Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) Current phase; Asia Afghanistan: 41,735 [1] 2006 Mexican Drug War: North America Mexico: 35,588 [2] 2011 Yemeni Crisis. Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen ...
The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) (Egyptian Arabic: القوات الجوية المصرية, romanized: El Qūwāt El Gawīyä El Maṣrīya, Coptic: Ⲛⲉⲛⲡⲉⲧϩⲁⲗⲁⲓⲛⲙⲓϣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲕⲏⲙⲓ), is the aviation branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces that is responsible for all airborne defence missions and operates all military aircraft, including those used in support of the ...
The Hang Seng Index declined by at least 4.8 per cent from 9 June 2019 to late August 2019. As investment sentiment waned, companies awaiting listing on the stock market put their initial public offerings (IPO) on hold, there being only one in August 2019 – the lowest since 2012.
From the 15 to 16 January 2019, a coordinated attack against civilians occurred at the DusitD2 complex in Westlands District, Nairobi, Kenya.The attack began at around 14:30 EAT (), shortly after a suicide bomber blew himself up near the center of the complex at a restaurant.
5 May – 200th anniversary of the birth of Søren Kierkegaard in 1813 [3] 2 June – 100th anniversary of the birth of Barbara Pym [10] 29 June – 400th anniversary of the burning of the Globe Theatre during a production of Shakespeare and Fletcher's Henry VIII in 1613 [3] 2 August – 25th anniversary of the death of US short story writer ...
The 2019 Military World Games (Chinese: 2019年世界军人运动会; pinyin: nián shìjiè jūnrén yùndònghuì), officially known as the 7th CISM Military World Games, (Chinese: 第七届世界军人运动会; pinyin: dì qī jiè shìjiè jūnrén yùndònghuì) and commonly known as Wuhan 2019, was held from October 18–27, 2019, in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
2 August – Devadas Kanakala, Indian actor (b. 1945) 4 August – Kanti Bhatt, Indian author, journalist and columnist (b. 1931) 6 August – Sushma Swaraj, Indian politician (b. 1952) 7 August – J. Om Prakash, Indian film director and producer (b. 1926) 8 August Era. Anbarasu, Indian politician (b. 1940)