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The Hague -
The Dutch government has been held liable for the worst massacre on European soil since World War 2, the Serbian slaughter of Bosnian Muslims.
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Kabul -
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 16 people, including 10 civilians and four NATO soldiers, in an attack in eastern Afghanistan Tuesday, officials said, as foreign troops wind down their war against the insurgents.
In the Media
by AFP
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Moscow -
Usually, the leader of a nation claiming to be a world power, would want his lies to last at least until the end of the news cycle. Not Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
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Kabul -
A Taliban attack killed three American soldiers and a military dog in southern Afghanistan on Friday, officials said, in the latest sign of the insurgents' capability as the coalition winds down operations.
In the Media
by AFP
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Kiev -
The new government of President Petro Poroshenko has proposed the creation of safety corridors that would allow eastern Ukrainian people to vote with their feet, creating the biggest exodus in eastern Europe since World War 2.
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Kabul -
A NATO air strike in Afghanistan killed five US soldiers in an apparent "friendly fire" accident during clashes with insurgents, officials said Tuesday, as troops try to ensure security for the presidential election.
In the Media
by Emal Haidary (AFP)
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Riga -
NATO on Monday launched one of its largest military manoeuvres in the Baltic states since tensions spiked with neighbouring Russia over its annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.
In the Media
by AFP
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Turku -
Russia on Monday accused the European Union of putting pressure on Bulgaria to suspend work on a key Kremlin-backed gas pipeline, and said eastward expansion by NATO was "counterproductive".
In the Media
by AFP
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Washington -
The U.S. Air Force has deployed two nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers to a British air base for exercises with NATO allies, the Pentagon said Monday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Kabul -
The American troops gingerly lifted the wounded Afghan out of the ambulance on the dark runway, carrying him in a stretcher up the ramp of the cargo plane. "Come to me! This way!
In the Media
by Dan De Luce (AFP)
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Brussels -
Friend or foe? Russian intervention in Ukraine has set off an anguished debate within NATO over how to deal with a newly assertive Moscow ready to defy the West.
In the Media
by Bryan McManus (AFP)
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Brussels -
Leaders of the G7 group of industrialized nations meeting at a summit in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, are expected to put further pressure on Russia to act over the Ukrainian crisis.
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Brussels -
NATO defence ministers agreed Tuesday series of steps to bolster protection in eastern Europe after the Ukraine crisis, but insisted they were acting within the limits of a key post-Cold War treaty with Moscow.
In the Media
by AFP
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Brussels -
Three American Congressmen have called on NATO to buy or rent two advanced warships currently being built for Russia at a shipyard in western France.
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Donetsk -
Violence raged in Ukraine's troubled eastern region on Wednesday as anti-government activists opened fire on soldiers at checkpoints near Donetsk and Luhansk.
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Podgorica -
Limited Russian troop movements near the border with Ukraine "may suggest" preparations for a withdrawal, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Kiev -
For all intents and purposes, Ukraine already has a President-in-waiting even if the elections, slated for May 25th, have yet to take place.
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Kabul -
Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan announced the start of their annual "spring offensive" on Thursday, vowing a final summer of bloody attacks on foreign forces before the 13-year NATO combat mission ends.
In the Media
by Ben Sheppard (AFP)
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Kiev -
Ukrainian forces have clashed with separatists and a Russian attaché has been arrested. Two Ukrainian helicopters were shot down as Ukrainian troops began positioning to retake the recently “captured” city of Slovyansk.
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The Turkish military is claiming that Greek Air Force jets harassed a Turkish fighter jet putting it under radar lock for thirty seconds.
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Following its decision in late-2013 to purchase long-range air defense missile systems from a Chinese, rather than a western defense company, Turkey is being reportedly pressured to change its decision.
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Brussels -
NATO said Wednesday it will deploy additional air, sea and land forces in eastern Europe in response to the worsening crisis in Ukraine and take further action if needed.
In the Media
by Bryan McManus (AFP)
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A Russian jet fighter recently flew around a US warship in the Black Sea for about 90 minutes amidst tensions over Russia's intervention into the Crimea region in Ukraine.
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Moscow -
Russian officials claim that the satellite images being distributed by NATO military commanders to prove that Russia is preparing for an invasion of eastern Ukraine were actually taken last summer.
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NATO has released satellite photos of what it says is a Russian troop and armaments build up on the border of Ukraine. That build-up, NATO says, includes fighter jets and tanks and as many as 40,000 troops.
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Bucharest -
NATO should redeploy its forces in eastern Europe and take a firm stand to prevent a contagion of the Ukraine crisis, Romania's foreign minister urged in an interview Thursday with AFP.
In the Media
by Isabelle Wesselingh (AFP)
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The crisis in Ukraine and the Russian support for annexation of Crimea has provided a golden opportunity for NATO and the US to push for more expenditure on the military.
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Brussels -
NATO warned on Wednesday that Russia's military presence on the flashpoint border with Ukraine was of "grave concern" and that Moscow's forces could reach military objectives in just days.
In the Media
by AFP
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Brussels -
NATO decided Tuesday to suspend nearly all dealings with the Russia Federation because of Moscow's invasion and annexation of Crimea.
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Stockholm -
A former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the West is failing to understand Putin’s world view and that the ambitions of Russia’s head of state extend far beyond Crimea.
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French President Francois Hollande
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French soldiers from the 27ème bataillon de chasseurs alpins and French Task Force Tiger patrol the many valleys of Kapisa province, Afghanistan, April 21, 2009.
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U.S. Army National Guard soldiers patrol the villages in the Bagram Security Zone, 23 March 2011
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Protesters gather in Daley Plaza in Chicago on Friday..
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NATO strikes Libya.
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Scenes from downtown Chicago on the first day of major NATO protests. An intersection is shut down due to a sit-in
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US Secretary of State John Kerry talks with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen before the start of a ministerial meeting in Brussels last year.
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A burning tanker after Taliban attack
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to journalists prior to a Ministers of Defence Council meeting on April 15, 2014 at the EU Headquarters in Luxembourg
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President Barack Obama and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk walk to a bilateral meeting at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Warsaw, Poland, June 3, 2014.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai gives a speech at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan
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Around 24 NATO supply trucks were destroyed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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