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23 December

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Afghanistan president replaces defense and interior ministers in surprise shake-up

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani replaced two of the country's top security chiefs with staunch anti-Taliban officials, Amrullah Saleh and Assadullah Khaled

21 December

Jared Szuba

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‘We need time’: Incredulous US officials hustled to alert ‘shocked’ allies about Trump’s Syria withdrawal

US State and Defense departments hurried to rework plans in the wake of Trump’s shock decision to pull troops from Syria

15 December

Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative and Vice President

Fergus Kelly

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EU expects Turkey to refrain from ‘unilateral’ Syria military action, Mogherini says

The European Union's chief diplomat Federica Mogherini said the EU expects Turkey to refrain from any unilateral military action in northeast Syria

14 December

Staff Writer With AFP

Kosovo parliament approves plan to build national army over NATO objections

Kosovo's parliament has approved a plan to turn the the Kosovo Security Force into a national army over the objections of NATO

11 December

Staff Writer With AFP

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Yemen government and Houthi rebels list 15,000 names for prisoner swap

Yemen's government and Houthi rebels announced plans for a mass prisoner swap, exchanging some 15,000 names, as UN entered their seventh day

6 December

Staff Writer With AFP

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US backs plan to establish Kosovo army, contrary to NATO position

The US supports Kosovo's plans to create its own army, the ambassador to Pristina said, signaling a rift with NATO, which is against the move

5 December

Anna Badillo

The hypocrisy of the $15 billion Canada-Saudi arms deal

The Canadian government will continue to be in a state of hypocrisy on human rights until parliament seriously pursues an end to the arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Anna Badillo argues

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30 November

Staff Writer With AFP

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Slovakia F-16 fighter jet deals signed, but prime minister says contracts ‘invalid’

Slovakia's prime minister clashed with the defence ministry over a deal to acquire US-made F-16 fighter jets in the NATO member's biggest military purchase

29 November