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[TRENDING NEWS] ‘European Sovereignty’ on the Menu as Macron and Scholz Meet for Lunch

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Author: BY ROGER COHEN AND KATRIN BENNHOLD - Publish Date: December 10, 2021 at 11:34PM The new German chancellor made his first foreign stop in Paris, where the two leaders discussed a more independent, bolder Europe.

[TRENDING NEWS] On Ukrainian Front, Grinding War and Weary Anticipation of Invasion

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Author: BY MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ - Publish Date: December 7, 2021 at 12:17AM After eight years in the trenches, Ukrainian soldiers are resigned to the possibility that the Russian military, which dwarfs their own in power and wealth, will come sooner or later.

[TRENDING NEWS] India and Russia Expand Defense Ties, Despite Prospect of U.S. Sanctions

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Author: BY MUJIB MASHAL AND KARAN DEEP SINGH - Publish Date: December 6, 2021 at 11:24PM India’s purchase of a missile defense system signaled that it was more worried about an emboldened China at its borders than about angering the United States.

[TRENDING NEWS] What’s Driving Putin’s Ukraine Brinkmanship?

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Author: BY ANTON TROIANOVSKI - Publish Date: December 6, 2021 at 01:18AM There are tactical reasons for threatening an invasion, but the real cause may lie in the Kremlin’s fixation with righting what it sees as a historical injustice.

[TRENDING NEWS] Pentagon Chief Expected to Discuss 2019 Airstrike That Killed Dozens

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Author: BY ERIC SCHMITT AND DAVE PHILIPPS - Publish Date: November 17, 2021 at 11:54PM A Times investigation found that the bombing in Syria was carried out by a shadowy Special Operations unit.

[TRENDING NEWS] Russia Acknowledges Antisatellite Missile Test

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Author: BY ANDREW E. KRAMER - Publish Date: November 17, 2021 at 02:27AM The test forced astronauts on the International Space Station to briefly take shelter in re-entry capsules.

[TRENDING NEWS] Your Monday Briefing

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Author: BY AMELIA NIERENBERG - Publish Date: November 15, 2021 at 04:31AM A global climate agreement.

[TRENDING NEWS] West Accuses Belarus of Orchestrating Migrant Crisis at Polish Border

Author: BY ANTON TROIANOVSKI, MONIKA PRONCZUK AND ANATOL MAGDZIARZ - Publish Date: November 10, 2021 at 02:43AM Poland has massed troops at the border, the European Union’s eastern frontier, to keep migrants camped there from crossing into the country.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘They Lied.’ Inside the Frantic Days Leading to Sudan’s Coup

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Author: BY ABDI LATIF DAHIR AND DECLAN WALSH - Publish Date: October 30, 2021 at 12:57AM The American envoy, Jeffrey Feltman, was given assurances that seemed to head off a military takeover. Hours later, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan made his move.

[TRENDING NEWS] The Paradox of Colin Powell

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Author: BY THEODORE R. JOHNSON - Publish Date: October 22, 2021 at 02:00AM He was Black and Republican, a soldier and a diplomat — and his life holds a particular message for a nation whose democracy is increasingly in peril.

[TRENDING NEWS] Overlooked No More: Kim Hak-soon, Who Broke the Silence for ‘Comfort Women’

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Author: BY CHOE SANG-HUN - Publish Date: October 22, 2021 at 12:07AM Her public testimony about the horrors of sexual slavery that Japan had engineered for its World War II military encouraged other survivors to step forward.

[TRENDING NEWS] They Fought Apartheid in South Africa. Now They Want Veterans’ Benefits.

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Author: BY LYNSEY CHUTEL - Publish Date: October 19, 2021 at 11:52PM A protest movement by those who joined the armed struggle against apartheid has grown confrontational. More than 50 of them have been charged with kidnapping the country’s defense minister.

[TRENDING NEWS] He’s Australia’s Most Decorated Soldier. Did He Also Kill Helpless Afghans?

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Author: BY YAN ZHUANG - Publish Date: October 3, 2021 at 11:55PM Ben Roberts-Smith is suing three newspapers that accused him of unlawful killings in Afghanistan. But much more than the reputation of one soldier is at stake.

[TRENDING NEWS] In a Surge of Military Flights, China Tests and Warns Taiwan

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Author: BY CHRIS BUCKLEY AND AMY QIN - Publish Date: October 3, 2021 at 01:25PM For two straight days, Beijing sent a record number of planes near the island, Taiwan said, a display of strength that underscored Chinese demands for unification.

[TRENDING NEWS] Boris Johnson Cuts a Colorful Swath in U.S., but to What End?

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Author: BY MARK LANDLER - Publish Date: September 24, 2021 at 12:16AM U.K.’s prime minister makes headlines, yet experts say it is unclear if his lighthearted style is helping stake out a post-Brexit role on the global stage.

[TRENDING NEWS] Europe Doesn’t Want to Fight America’s Battles Anymore

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Author: BY CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL - Publish Date: September 4, 2021 at 02:00AM But developing military power independent of the United States is going to be hard.

[TRENDING NEWS] Iranian commander who said the West deployed lizards as nuke spies dies from Covid-19.

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Author: BY RICK GLADSTONE - Publish Date: September 4, 2021 at 01:58AM The death of Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi was reported Friday by Iran’s news outlets as the country grapples with its fifth wave of coronavirus infections.

[TRENDING NEWS] Could Cyberwar Make the World Safer?

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Author: BY CYBÈLE C. GREENBERG - Publish Date: August 23, 2021 at 02:37AM Hacking, like war, is the continuation of politics by other means, but without the inevitable sacrifice of lives.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden Could Still Be Proved Right in Afghanistan

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Author: BY THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN - Publish Date: August 17, 2021 at 12:41AM It is hard to imagine a worse morning after for the Biden team in Kabul. But everything really important happens the morning after the morning after.

[TRENDING NEWS] Rescuing China’s Muzzled Past, One Footnote at a Time

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Author: BY CHRIS BUCKLEY - Publish Date: July 26, 2021 at 03:23AM In a two-volume tome, the independent historian Yu Ruxin explains the crucial role of the military in Mao’s stormy Cultural Revolution.