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Jun- 2020 -28 JuneEurope
Pentagon to Give Trump Options to Reduce Troops in Germany
Defense Secretary Mark Esper will present President Donald Trump with a series of options Monday to withdraw thousands of US troops from Germany, with many moving to eastern Europe, the Pentagon said Saturday. “Secretary Esper met with President Trump on Wednesday to discuss our presence in Europe,” said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman. “On Monday the Secretary will brief the President at the White House on options for our force posture in Germany.” According to two senior Pentagon officials, the plan calls for cutting the permanent US troop presence in Germany to 25,000, as Trump announced June 15, for a reduction of 9,500 troops. Some of the 9,500 will return to the US, while others will be transferred to former Soviet-bloc countries, the two officials said, speaking on grounds of anonymity. That shift, they added, would be meant as a clear warning to President Vladimir Putin of Russia, whose military ambitions were underscored by the 2014 annexation of the Crimea. The two officials did not say to which European country the troops might be moved, as that is among the options to be presented to the US president. But Trump, meeting at the White House on Wednesday with Polish President Andrzej …
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26 JuneMiddle East
Hamas Says West Bank Annexation Would Be ‘Declaration of War’
Israel's planned annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank would be a 'declaration of war,' Gaza rulers Hamas said.
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26 JuneMiddle East
One Dead, Six Wounded in Turkish Raid on Northern Iraq
A Turkish air strike on Iraqi Kurdistan killed one person and wounded six others Thursday, a local official said, as Ankara pushed an assault on the north of the country.
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26 JuneAfrica
Jihadists Abduct 10 Aid Workers in Niger: NGO
Armed jihadists abducted 10 humanitarian workers as they were distributing food in a village in southwestern Niger, their NGO said.
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26 JuneAfrica
Thousands Flee ‘Intense Fighting’ in Eastern South Sudan: MSF
Thousands of people have fled a fresh wave of intercommunal clashes in South Sudan's eastern region of Pibor, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Thursday.
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25 JuneAsia Pacific
Indonesia Jails IS-Linked Couple Who Tried to Assassinate Minister
An Indonesian couple with links to the Islamic State group who tried to assassinate the country's chief security minister were jailed Thursday.
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25 JuneAsia Pacific
Japan Confirms Scrapping US Aegis Ashore Missile Defence System
Japan has scrapped the deployment of a multibillion-dollar US anti-missile system, days after saying the programme had been suspended.
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25 JuneTerrorism
US Doubles Reward for IS Leader to $10 Million
The United States doubled to $10 million its reward for the capture of the supremo of the Islamic State extremist movement.
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24 JuneAfrica
Burkina Army Says It Has Destroyed Two Jihadist ‘Bases’
Burkina Faso’s security forces said they destroyed two jihadist bases in the north and east of the country and arrested two suspects near the border with the Ivory Coast.
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24 JuneAfrica
Will Egypt Send Troops Into Libya?
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has upped the ante in the chaotic conflict in Libya, warning Cairo could intervene militarily.
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