Germany
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Mar- 2018 -8 MarchBusiness
MBDA and Lockheed form joint venture for Germany’s TLVS missile defense system
MBDA Deutschland and Lockheed Martin announced a joint venture expected to become the prime contractor for Germany's TLVS next-generation integrated air and missile defense system
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1 MarchAsia Pacific
German citizen arrested with Taliban in Afghanistan
A German national has been arrested with the Taliban in Afghanistan's insurgency-racked Helmand province, a rare example of a European among the insurgents
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Feb- 2018 -6 FebruaryBusiness
Rheinmetall and Sikorsky to collaborate on German heavy lift helicopter bid
Germany's Rheinmetall Group and Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky signed a strategic teaming agreement to offer the CH-53K King Stallion helicopter in the German Air Force heavy lift helicopter competition
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Jan- 2018 -30 JanuaryExercises
Ships from Germany and Norway join USS Truman in Virginia for training exercises
Ships from Germany and Norway arrived at Naval Station Norfolk for training exercises with the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group
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30 JanuaryMiddle East
Turkey confirms use of German Leopard tanks in Efrin operation
Turkey confirmed it used German Leopard 2 tanks in the operation in Syria's Efrin, according to a report from the German economic ministry
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25 JanuaryEurope
Germany postpones tank upgrade plans with Turkey after Leopards spotted in Efrin offensive
Germany has decided to postpone plans to upgrade Turkish military tanks after they were spotted in Operation Olive Branch in Efrin, Syria
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23 JanuaryMiddle East
Iraq didn’t tell Berlin it had sentenced a German woman to death for joining ISIS
Iraq did not officially notify Germany that it has sentenced a German woman to death for joining ISIS with her daughters
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21 JanuaryMiddle East
Iraq sentences German woman to death for belonging to ISIS
An Iraqi court said it had condemned to death by hanging a German woman of Moroccan origin after finding her guilty of belonging to ISIS
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8 JanuaryPolitics
German foreign minister says no large arms exports to Turkey until jailed journalist released
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said there would be no large-scale arms exports to Turkey unless a Turkish-German journalist is released from prison.
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Dec- 2017 -13 DecemberAsia Pacific
German parliament extends Afghanistan mission until March
Germany's parliament has agreed to extend the mandate for German troops in Afghanistan until March 2018, backing the three-year-old NATO Resolute Support mission in the country.
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