
Defense Secretary Austin announces Global Force Posture Review
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 5, 2021 - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the initiation of a review of U.S. troop presence around the world, at the direction of President Joe Biden.
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Washington DC (UPI) Feb 5, 2021 - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the initiation of a review of U.S. troop presence around the world, at the direction of President Joe Biden.
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Washington DC (UPI) Feb 5, 2021 - The Navy's future destroyer USS Daniel Inouye completed its acceptance trials and is ready for delivery, the Naval Sea Systems Command announced on Friday.
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Paris (AFP) Feb 5, 2021 - Despite their opposing ideologies and goals, far-right supremacists and jihadists are borrowing from a common toolkit of communication strategies to recruit and radicalise members across the world.
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Washington DC (UPI) Feb 5, 2021 - Despite disappointment in December, new tests of the Golden Horde weapons system of swarming drones will begin in February, the U.S. Air Force said.
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Washington DC (UPI) Feb 5, 2021 - The destroyer USS John S. McCain patrolled near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, the Navy said on Friday, in a challenge to China - just one day after transiting the Taiwan Strait.
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Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2021 - The US trade deficit surged in 2020 to its highest level since 2008, the government reported Friday, in the pandemic-roiled year that upended the global economy.
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Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 04, 2021 - Earlier in the day, Russia announced that a five-year extension to the New START agreement, the last accord limiting the nuclear arsenals of Washington and Moscow, had entered into effect. Rus
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Riyadh (AFP) Feb 4, 2021 - Saudi Arabia reaffirmed support for a comprehensive political solution in Yemen, state media reported early Friday, after President Joe Biden ended US support for the kingdom's military campaign in the country.
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The Hague (AFP) Feb 4, 2021 - The UN's top court has said it can hear Iran's bid to overturn US nuclear sanctions reimposed by Donald Trump, prompting disappointment in Washington, which had argued the issue lies outside its jurisdiction.
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Washington DC (UPI) Feb 4, 2021 - The USS Rafael Peralta arrived at its new forward deployed location in Yokosuka, Japan, on Thursday, the Navy announced.
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Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 4, 2021 - Asian markets slipped Thursday as investors took a breather after a broad three-day rally, though upbeat data, stimulus hopes and signs of improvement on the virus and vaccine fronts continue to provide strong support.
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Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2021 - President Joe Biden will Thursday announce an end to US military support for the Saudi allies' devastating war in Yemen in a speech meant to show a reinvigorated focus on diplomacy.
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