Europe

Germany to replace Tornado bombers with Airbus and Boeing fighter jets

Germany confirmed it aims to replace its aging fleet of Tornado fighter-bombers with aircraft from both European manufacturer Airbus and US-based Boeing

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Half of French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle crew test positive for COVID-19

Nearly half of the 2,300 sailors aboard France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak occurred tested positive

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Nearly 700 sailors from French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle test positive for coronavirus

A third of the nearly 2,000 sailors who were aboard France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak occurred tested positive

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Germany arrests 5 Tajiks in suspected ISIS cell planning attacks on US forces

German police arrested five Tajik nationals on suspicion that they were members of an ISIS cell that had been planning attacks on US forces

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French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to return to Toulon early over COVID-19 fears

France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will be brought home early from a deployment in the Atlantic after some crew members showed coronavirus symptoms

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Turkish defense ministry sends COVID-19 supplies to Italy and Spain

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – Turkey on Wednesday sent health supplies including masks to Italy and Spain, the two European countries worst hit by the novel coronavirus, the defense ministry said. “Health supplies prepared to fight COVID-19 together, and with the hopes of seeing brighter days were sent en route to Spain and Italy” by a military plane, the ministry tweeted in English. An accompanying video clip showed a Turkish military A-400M cargo plane preparing to take off. Health supplies prepared to fight COVID-19 together, and with the hopes of seeing brighter days were sent en route to Spain and Italy by A-400M type planes belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces.https://t.co/o7zcZJ6JEP pic.twitter.com/Fp3GWs5yTH — T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) April 1, 2020 The defense ministry posted the same message in Turkish, Spanish and Italian. The supplies including masks, overalls and anti-bacterial fluids, produced in the defense ministry’s factories and sewing facilities. Local resources were being sent “on the instructions of President” Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said the ministry statement. The coronavirus pandemic has killed over 30,000 people in Europe, more than three-quarters of the deaths registered in Italy and Spain, according to an AFP tally at 0700 GMT Wednesday using official figures. The …

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North Macedonia formally joins NATO as 30th member in Brussels ceremony

North Macedonia formally joined NATO in a ceremony was at the alliance's headquarters in Belgium in which its flag was raised alongside those of other 29 member states

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French judges order 20 terrorism suspects to stand trial over 2015 Paris attacks

French judges have ordered 20 people to stand trial over the 2015 Paris attacks, including Salah Abdeslam, the only suspected assailant still alive

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US to ‘reduce participation’ and adjust showcase Exercise Defender-Europe 20 over coronavirus concerns

EUCOM is to reduce the number of US participants in its showcase Exercise Defender-Europe 20 over coronavirus concerns

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Norway cancels NATO exercise Cold Response over ‘out of control’ coronavirus

Norway's armed forces cancelled the Cold Response military exercise that was meant to gather 15,000 NATO and allied soldiers because of concerns over the new coronavirus

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