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France probing senior officer with NATO for suspected espionage for Russia
Aug 30, 2020 06:56France has confirmed that it has placed a senior officer under investigation over an unidentified breach of security, amid reports that the officer had been engaged in espionage for Russia.
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US bombers to fly over 30 NATO nations in 'allied sky' demo
Aug 30, 2020 04:13America's oldest active bombers will fly in formation across all 30 NATO countries Friday in a single-day mission meant to showcase solidarity with partners and allies, according to an Air Force Global Strike release.
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EU rejects Belarus election results, readying sanctions against Minsk
Aug 20, 2020 05:35The European Union (EU) has rejected the results of Belarus’ presidential election, claiming it was not “free and fair” and saying it would soon impose sanctions on Belarusian officials.
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German minister tells Trump security not a commodity
Jun 17, 2020 08:33Germany's top government ministers have criticized US President Donald Trump for threatening to pull thousands of US troops out of the European country under the pretext that Berlin was "delinquent" in its payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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Major US airbase in Afghanistan comes under Daesh attack: NATO
Apr 09, 2020 06:35US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan say five rockets have hit a major American airbase in the country and that the attack, claimed by the Daesh terrorist group, left no casualties.
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Washington’s new moves in Europe unnecessary
Mar 09, 2020 11:58The new US-led ‘Defender-Europe 20’ exercise, which is months long and lasts from February until July, involves 20,000 US troops - more than those of all its NATO allies put together, and more than at any time in the past quarter-century. Although US officials do not say it is designed to counter an alleged Russian threat, the demonstration of US force capability comes after years of piecemeal reinforcements of NATO's eastern flank following Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014.
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Russian S-400 air defense compatible with NATO's security system: Turkish FM
Jan 23, 2020 12:18Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu seeks to assuage NATO’ concerns about Ankara’s purchase of advanced Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems, saying the military hardware is compatible with the alliance’s security systems.
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NATO chief: Troop deployment not always best anti-terror option
Jan 10, 2020 03:54The US-led NATO says troop deployment by the military alliance is not always the best anti-terror option as “the best way” is to enable local forces to fight terrorism, a day after US President Donald Trump called on other NATO members to take on a larger role in West Asia.
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High time for NATO’s end for the sake of global peace
Dec 13, 2019 10:45"NATO is the cause of the new arms race with Russia, including upgrading of nuclear arsenals. Therefore, the sooner it is disbanded the better for world peace and stability, since a relic of the cold war shouldn’t be reconfigured to prolong the US domination of Europe, or to pick up fights with Russia, China, and the Resistant Front of the Muslim World, or to launch suicidal space wars."
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NATO no longer serves American interests
Dec 10, 2019 16:37Quite simply, it makes no sense for U.S. taxpayers to subsidize the defense of nations capable of defending themselves. Shared interests will continue to justify military cooperation. However, the alliance as today constituted no longer serves American interests.