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Mon, 21/12/2020 - 06:36
The Netherlands is banning flights from the United Kingdom starting Sunday because of a new strain of the COVID-19 coronavirus that threatens to spread far more rapidly than other variants, the Dutch government announced in a statement.
Mon, 21/12/2020 - 04:05
Iraqi sources say at least three Katyusha rockets have landed within the highly fortified Green Zone in the capital Baghdad whose apparent target has been the US embassy in the vicinity.
Mon, 21/12/2020 - 04:05
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Mon, 21/12/2020 - 04:05
AFWERX Agility Prime announced Dec. 10, during the Accelerate event, a series of milestones for the "flying car" program and discussed new initiatives for 2021, including six sectors for potential "Prime" programs.
Mon, 21/12/2020 - 04:05
The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry says the multilateral nuclear agreement signed between the Islamic Republic and major world powers in 2015, has been endorsed by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 and all UN member states are bound to implement it.
Mon, 21/12/2020 - 04:05
Iran says the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX), the financial mechanism proposed by Europeans to enable Iran to get round US sanctions, has failed to prove itself effective in the past two years.
Mon, 21/12/2020 - 04:05
Somalia has accused Kenya of arming local militiamen on the border to attack its security forces as tension rises between the two African neighbors.
Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:33
1st Infantry Division Soldiers here recently finished operational testing of a new heavy assault bridge designed to cross wet and dry gaps, both natural and man-made.
Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:31
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Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:31
The Taliban is employing a fight-and-talk strategy in Afghanistan, seeking to gain leverage in peace talks through gains on the battlefield.
Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:30
US Defense Secretary Christopher Miller has visited the Philippines and Indonesia during a two-country visit in Southeast Asia. As Beijing vows to tighten its control over the South China Sea water areas, the Trump administration seeks to re-enhance its presence in the region.
Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:30
The United States is considering a plan to lease ice-breaking security cutters from other nations to expand its current fleet of a single icebreaker, to a flotilla capable of protecting American interests in the far north, Coast Guard Vice Commandant Adm. Charles Ray told Congress.
Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:29
The number of people forcibly displaced around the world has doubled in the past decade and is estimated to have passed 80 million in mid-2020, as few could go home and more were uprooted, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said in a report published on Wednesday.
Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:29
Negotiation teams from the Afghan government and the Taliban have agreed to refer differences in interpretation of Sharia law to a joint committee, protect the confidentiality of ongoing peace talks, and carry out the process with “truthfulness, sincerity, and determination,” according to a code of conduct agreed upon by both sides last week.
Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:29
Press Release (2020) 126 Issued on 09 Dec. 2020
Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:28
The Pentagon said Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump had ordered the majority of American military forces out of Somalia by early 2021.
Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:28
Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry says the country’s security troops have foiled a Taliban car bomb attack on a military base in the province of Ghazni, adding that two forces were killed in the ensuing clashes with the militants.
Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:26
The US Senate on Wednesday thwarted an effort to block a major arms deal between the United States and the UAE. Senators voted 47 to 49 on the measure, falling short of the majority required to prevent the sale of over $23B worth of Reaper drones to the United Arab Emirates.
Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:24
The U.S. Senate voted on two resolutions of disapproval Wednesday, failing to block the Trump administration’s planned sale of more than $23 billion in military equipment to the United Arab Emirates.
Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:24
The Japanese government's plan to build two naval vessels equipped with Aegis missile interceptors has met with resistance from opposition parties who believe, along with plans to enhance missile capability, that the plans might be unconstitutional.
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