Politics
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Dec- 2019 -3 December
Erdogan threatens to block NATO’s Baltic defense plan
Turkey will block a NATO plan to defend Baltic countries if it doesn't label a Kurd-led militia in Syria as terrorists, President Erdogan said
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Nov- 2019 -26 November
US officials meet Haftar in bid to end offensive against Libyan government
US officials met with rogue Libyan field marshal Khalifa Haftar in an effort to halt his offensive against Tripoli's UN-backed government
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25 November
French naval base in UAE to host European-led Gulf maritime monitoring mission
A European-led maritime surveillance initiative to monitor Gulf waters will be stationed at a French naval base in Abu Dhabi
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25 November
Trump fires US Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over SEAL misconduct case
The US Navy secretary criticized Donald Trump after being sacked in a dispute over a SEAL commando whose demotion for misconduct was reversed
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22 November
South Korea and Japan to extend military intelligence-sharing agreement
South Korea will extend a critical military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan just hours before the pact was due to expire
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22 November
China slams ‘provocative’ US warship navigation operations in disputed waters
China accused the US of "provocative" conduct after warships USS Gabrielle Giffords and USS Wayne E. Meyer sailed near the Spratly islands in the South China Sea
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21 November
Ukraine navy ships held by Russia return to Ochakiv port
Three navy vessels that Moscow seized last year and handed back to Ukraine have arrived at a Ukrainian port, though Kiev said they were stripped of equipment
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15 November
France to host Zelensky and Putin in bid to end Ukraine conflict
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his Ukranian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky will meet in Paris in a bid to end the conflict in Ukraine
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8 November
Ukraine troops, Russia-backed separatists delay withdrawal from Petrivske
The Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists postponed the last phase of a long-awaited troop pullback in the eastern Donetsk region
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7 November
Accused of airstrike civilian casualty cover-up, Colombia’s defense minister Botero resigns
Colombia's defense minister Guillermo Botero resigned after facing accusations of trying to cover up the deaths of children in an airstrike on a drug trafficking gang
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