Page 21 - Latest Updates on NATO
Antony Blinken travels to Brussels to strengthen alliances with NATO, EU
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Brussels, Belgium to reaffirm America's commitments to its transatlantic alliances in meetings with NATO counterparts and the European Union leaders
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Back to the future
Mixed outlook for India as US returns to multilateralism
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NATO chief dismisses early Afghan troop trainers pullout as deadline nears
President Joe Biden is reviewing his predecessor's 2020 deal with the Taliban, which includes a May 1 deadline for a final U.S. troop withdrawal
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How to withdraw troops? NATO faces conundrum as it mulls Afghan pullout
An accelerated US drawdown over the past few months, led by the previous US administration, has signaled what may be in store for long-suffering Afghans
 "How to withdraw troops? NATO faces conundrum as it mulls Afghan pullout")
NATO scrambled around 350 times for Russian military jets in 2020
NATO says that Russian military activity in the alliance's airspace increased slightly this year as its jets across Europe scrambled more than 400 times to escort or shadow unknown aircraft.
NATO chief warns of 'heavy price' if US troops leave Afghanistan
NATO Secretary-General said that the military organisation could pay a heavy price for leaving Afghanistan too early, after Trump's administration's plan to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan
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Vladimir Putin offers NATO site inspections to avoid missile buildup
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Monday that NATO and Russia should conduct mutual inspections of each other's military bases
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NATO Secretary-General says Greece, Turkey agree to cancel war games
NATO chief said that Greece and Turkey are going to cancel war games scheduled for next week on each other's national holidays, in a further sign of easing of tensions between the two NATO allies
Taliban ambush kills 25 Afghan security personnel, derailing peace talks
As violence keeps rising, Nato says won't leave until conditions allow
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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg rules out rushed, early exit from Afghanistan
As rising violence threatens to derail Afghan peace talks, the head of NATO said Wednesday that the military alliance will not leave Afghanistan until security conditions allow
NATO plans to set up new space centre amid China, Russia concerns
Around 2,000 satellites orbit the earth, over half operated by NATO countries, ensuring everything from mobile phone and banking services to weather forecasts
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NATO-member Turkey tests Russian-made S-400 defense system: Media reports
NATO-member Turkey has tested its Russian-made advanced air defense missile system, Turkish media reports said Friday, raising the specter of a new standoff with the United States.
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Race for coronavirus vaccine starts a new grand game of spy versus spy
In short, every major spy service around the globe is trying to find out what everyone else is up to
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NATO agrees nerve agent used on Russia's Alexei Navalny, demands probe
Stoltenberg said Moscow must cooperate with the international chemical weapons organization in "an impartial, international investigation" and provide information about its Novichok program
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NATO: Turkey, Greece agree to technical talks about tensions at sea
The chief of NATO said Thursday that Greece and Turkey have agreed to start technical talks aimed at helping to reduce the risks of military incidents and accidents in the eastern Mediterranean
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Russian fighter Su-27 scrambled to intercept three NATO spy planes
According to the center, airspace control detected three air targets approaching the Russian border over the neutral waters of Baltic Sea
Trump plans to punish 'delinquent' Germany, reduce US troops to 25,000
Since his election in 2016, Trump has pushed for the 2 per cent as a hard target, and he has repeatedly singled out Germany as a major offender, though many others are also below the goal
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US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper warns of Huawei threat to NATO
The US has warned that partners using Huawei hardware in their 5G telecommunications networks could put military and intelligence relationships at risk
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NATO suspends training missions in Iraq after Qassem Soleimani killing
The NATO mission in Iraq, trains the country's security forces at the request of the Baghdad government to prevent the return of the Islamic State jihadist group
NATO 'monitoring situation' after Iran General Qassem Soleimani's death
NATO maintains a limited presence in Iraq to train government security forces
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