BRUSSELS (AP) – Donald Trump is no longer around as president to berate U.S. allies in Europe and Canada for failing to spend enough on their defense budgets. But the debate about military spending appears likely to continue to rage at NATO, even under President Joe Biden. So, in an effort to improve “burden sharing” …
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New Zealand will withdraw the last of its military personnel from Afghanistan in May, concluding a deployment that has lasted two decades, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Wednesday. Ardern said Afghanistan’s internal peace process represented the best prospect for an enduring political solution in the troubled country, meaning the New Zealand Defence Force was no …
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – Ma Xiaolin frequently wrote about current affairs on one of China’s leading microblogging sites, where he has 2 million followers. But recently, he said in a post, the Weibo site called and asked him not to post original content on topics ranging from politics to economic and military issues. “As an …
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President Biden said Tuesday night that he views white supremacist groups as domestic terror organizations, and he wants the Justice Department to focus on extremists because they are “demented.” The president also said he’s concerned about the role of military veterans and former police officers in the rise of extremist groups. At a town-hall meeting …
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A deadly rocket salvo being blamed on Iran-allied Shiite forces in Iraq is raising questions of how far Tehran is willing to provoke the new Biden administration prior to any negotiations over restarting the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. A non-U.S. contractor was killed and more than a half-dozen others — including an American service member …
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