NATO
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Jun- 2018 -4 JuneExercises
US Navy 6th Fleet sets sail for Baltic Sea war games
Naval forces from 22 NATO and partner nations take part in Baltops 2018, the largest naval exercise in the Baltic Sea
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3 JuneExercises
18,000 troops begin US Army-led Saber Strike in eastern Europe
Around 18,000 troops from 19 mostly NATO countries take part in the annual Saber Strike U.S.-led military exercises in Poland and the Baltic states to boost combat readiness on the alliance's eastern flank
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May- 2018 -27 MayBlog
Colombia isn’t joining NATO
Colombia isn't joining NATO. Or rather Colombia is already part of NATO.
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7 MayEurope
NATO kicks off battle-training phase of exercise ‘Siil’ in Estonia
NATO and partner troops began the second phase of a two-week exercise that brings together more than 15,000 troops from 19 countries, the largest in Estonia since it gained independence
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4 MayBusiness
US approves $1.4 billion sale to Germany of 6 C-130, KC-130 aircraft for joint squadron in France
The U.S. State Department approved the $1.4 billion sale to Germany of 3 C-130 Super Hercules transport aircraft and 3 KC-130 tanker aircraft for a joint squadron based in France
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2 MayEurope
NATO accounts for more than half of global military spending
NATO member states accounted for more than half of the world's total military spending last year, driven in part by tensions with Russia along the alliance's eastern frontier, according to a new report
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Apr- 2018 -26 AprilAsia Pacific
NATO could help with Afghan election security, Stoltenberg says
NATO forces could help ensure security for Afghanistan's upcoming elections, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday, three years after they ended their combat operations in the country.
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18 AprilEurope
Russia’s Volga-Dniepr to end NATO strategic airlift contract
Russian airline Volga-Dniepr said it will stop providing cargo planes to NATO at the end of 2018, dealing a blow to the transatlantic alliance and France in particular which rely heavily on its aircraft.
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10 AprilEurope
Greece fires warning shots at Turkish helicopter in Aegean Sea
Greek soldiers fired warning shots at a Turkish helicopter after it approached the small island of Ro, which marks their border in the Aegean Sea, a Greek military source said
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7 AprilAsia Pacific
Airstrike kills senior ISIS commander Qari Hekmat in northern Afghanistan
Qari Hekmat, the top commander of Islamic State – Khorasan Province in the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan, was killed in an airstrike
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