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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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NATO exercises will go ahead despite coronavirus concerns, Stoltenberg says

NATO will press ahead with large-scale military exercises mobilising thousands of troops despite worries about the coronavirus

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Three Irish soldiers injured in IED blast east of Gao in Mali

Three Irish soldiers sustained minor injuries when an improvised explosive device exploded near their convoy east of Gao in eastern Mali

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Alleged Iraqi ISIS member accused of letting Yazidi ‘slave’ girl die to be charged with genocide in Germany

An Iraqi suspected of belonging to ISIS will face charges of murder and genocide in Germany, accused especially of letting a five-year-old "slave" girl die of thirst

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German police launch nationwide raids against right-wing terror cell

German police arrested twelve men with alleged ties to an extreme-right group suspected of planning attacks on politicians and asylum-seekers

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Germany’s Bundestag approves funds for next-generation fighter jet

German lawmakers signed off on the first funds for a multi-nation project to develop a new fighter jet and reinvigorate the ambitious FCAS program

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Counter-ISIS Coalition countries temporarily withdrawing personnel from Iraq

Members of the US-led Coalition against ISIS are pulling troops from Iraq as training of both the Iraqi Security Forces and Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga are paused

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Germany’s Bundeswehr procures MBDA Enforcer lightweight missile system

Germany has procured MBDA's Enforcer lightweight shoulder-launched missile system for the Bundeswehr

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Netanyahu lawyer to be charged with money-laundering in German submarine deal

Israel's attorney general intends to charge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lawyer with money-laundering in the state's purchase of submarines from German firm Thyssenkrupp

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Germany plans to deport ‘criminals’ to war-torn Syria and Afghanistan

Interior ministers from Germany's federal states said they plan to ease deportation rules to allow Syrians convicted of serious crimes to be returned to the war-torn country

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