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TARBES, France (Reuters) - At the airport of Tarbes in France, row upon row of empty jets in liveries from Asia to Africa sit nose to tail on the tarmac, waiting out the coronavirus crisis in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Air travel has tumbled to a fraction of normal…

Click here to read the full article.U.S.-UK trade talks are in progress, although conducting them over Zoom or Skype (or however they are doing it), rather than in person, is likely to slow things down. At a House Ways and Means Committee hearing yesterday, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer indicated that these talks…

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg chairs a NATO defence ministers' meeting via teleconference at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said the military alliance will investigate French accusations that Turkey's navy failed to respond to an allied call for inspection this month in the Mediterranean. Florence Parly,…

BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - NATO will investigate French accusations that Turkey’s navy failed to respond to an allied call to inspect a vessel this month in the Mediterranean, the alliance chief said on Thursday, an incident Paris suspects involved Turkish arms smuggling to Libya. France’s armed forces minister brought up the…

The presidents of Kosovo and Serbia will meet at the White House later this month, as Donald Trump aims to make a breakthrough in the long-running dispute between the two nations. The meeting, annou… Read More

FILE PHOTO: The Turkish national flag hangs in the foreground as drilling vessel Fatih is seen off the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, Turkey October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kaan SoyturkPARIS (Reuters) - NATO must not bury its head in the sand with regard to Turkey’s recent behaviour towards its allies, a…

Renowned British fashion designer Nigel Cabourn has joined up with American watch brand Timex to create a vintage-inspired survival watch paying tribute to the RAF who crash-landed in the North Atlantic during World War II. The model itself is based on the design of the Vietnam-era hack watches commissioned by…

Germany and NATO have underlined the importance of US troops in Germany for security on both sides of the Atlantic after US President Donald Trump said he would cut the number stationed in the European country. The remarks opposing Trump's stance were made separately on Tuesday by German Foreign Minister…

Donald Trump said he is cutting the number of American troops in Germany by half because Berlin is "delinquent" in its contributions to Nato and treats the US "badly" on trade. The US president told reporters there are 52,000 US soldiers stationed in Germany. "It's a tremendous cost to the…

President Donald Trump has said he could send active-duty troops into US cities in response to unrest, and many believe he has the legal right do so under certain circumstances.But that legal power is not certain, and US troops have their own recourse: They could refuse to follow the orders…