France’s Macron pushes for ‘true European army’
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France’s Macron pushes for ‘true European army’
President Macron is visiting a series of monuments this week to mark the centenary of the World War One Armistice – Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that Europeans cannot be protected without a “true, European army”, as he marks the centenary of the World War One Armistice. On a visit to the…
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Russian minister warns Europe over US exit from nuclear pact
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s defense minister has urged Europe to consider what impact Washington’s intended withdrawal from a key nuclear arms pact would have on its security. Sergei Shoigu told his visiting Greek counterpart Monday that the European Union and NATO should weigh the consequences of a U.S. exit from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)…
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Putin: Russia’s new weapons will be unrivaled everywhere
Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground right, toasts with top military officers and law enforcement officials in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Putin said that Russia has adhered to its obligations in the arms control sphere, but noted that Russian arsenals will be modernized to ensure protection from any potential threats. (Alexei…
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Russia: NATO should be ‘wise enough’ to avoid war
Russia’s top diplomat said in an interview published Thursday that he hopes NATO can avoid a large, global war, but said he’s worried that NATO has left Russia out of these sorts of discussions. “I believe everyone will be wise enough to prevent that,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said about the prospects of war,…
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Ukraine, Russia ramp up confrontation
The US has increased its military support for Ukraine, which sends a message to Moscow. CNN’s Matthew Chance reports. In Europe, a shadow conflict is capturing headlines: The Salisbury poisonings and the unmasking of alleged Russian agents in the Netherlands suggest a return to Cold War-style spy games between Russia and the West. In Ukraine,…
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U.S. Warns It Could ‘Take Out’ New Russian Missiles
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addresses a press conference ahead of a NATO defence ministerial meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on October 2, 2018. EMMANUEL DUNAND—AFP/Getty Images The U.S. warned that it could resort to strikes against a new class of Russian missile unless Moscow complies with its international commitments to arms reduction. NATO…
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Putin vows to beef up army to better defend Russia, allies
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says his country’s military practices are defensive and offensive in nature, and has pledged to strengthen Russia’s armed forces and provide them with the “latest weapons and technologies” to help them better protect the country and its allies. The Russian president arrived in the country’s Siberia Zabaikalsky region on Thursday to…
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U.S. and Russia Risk clash as tension mounts, top diplomat says
The United States and Russia are becoming more and more confrontational, risking a military clash, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, blaming harsh words and NATO enlargement for the uptick in tension. Speaking in an interview with Russia’s state broadcaster Perviy Kanal (Channel One), the country’s top diplomat gave a rundown of relations with Washington, concluding…
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‘Time for This War in Afghanistan to End,’ Says Departing U.S. Commander
Gen. John Nicholson, center, during the change of command ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday.Credit Credit Massoud Hossaini/Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — When American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Lt. Col. John W. Nicholson Jr. survived by chance. That morning, as dozens of his colleagues were killed, he was…
