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Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 07:51
France will start delivering military equipment to the Lebanese army in the first quarter of 2015 as part of a $3 billion contract to help the force fight jihadis from neighboring Syria, a French defense ministry source said on Wednesday.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 07:49
Britain’s defence secretary, Michael Fallon, has promised UK troops will be sent to Iraq only as part of a limited training mission, as Amnesty International called for reassurances that British forces will not be complicit in Baghdad-backed “death squads”.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 07:46
President Barack Obama has invited the head of the US Central Command to brief congressional leaders at the White House on Friday afternoon — the first step toward updating the rules for the authorization to use military force (AUMF).
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 07:44
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is appointing a national security adviser who two years ago spearheaded criminal charges that nonprofit groups were acting as agents of an American conspiracy to weaken and destabilize Egypt.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 07:38
US company Swiftships has received a contract to build six 35 metre long patrol boats for the Egyptian Navy.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 07:17
Afghan forces are dying at an unsustainable rate on the battlefield, a senior U.S. commander said Wednesday , in a troubling sign ahead of the departure of most U.S. and NATO troops by the end of this year.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 07:09
The firing of Georgia's defense minister and ongoing shakeup of the Georgian government is the biggest political crisis the country has faced since the coalition led by former President Mikheil Saakashvili left office two years ago. But does it threaten the country's ties with the West?
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 07:07
The leaders of NATO and Afghanistan said Thursday they were ready to open a "new chapter" as they seek ways to fight an entrenched insurgency after NATO's combat mission in the country finishes at the end of the year.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 06:32
Since 28 October Moscow has tested and exercised all three components of its nuclear arsenal, including the firing of submarine-launched and land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (SLBMs and ICBMs) as well as extensive long-range strategic bomber sorties.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 06:28
The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet is currently in the South China Sea with plans to conduct air defense and “rocket, artillery and torpedo weapons,” drills in a rare visit to the region, according to an announcement issued Wednesday by the Russian Ministry of Defense.