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Madrid (AFP) - Spain's armed forces on Tuesday asked NATO for humanitarian assistance to fight the novel coronavirus as the national death toll touched 2,700 and infections soared towards 40,000.With the pandemic spreading across the world, Spain has been one of the worst-hit countries, logging the third highest number of…

Madrid (AFP) - Spain's armed forces on Tuesday asked NATO for humanitarian assistance to fight the novel coronavirus as the national death toll touched 2,700 and infections soared towards 40,000.With the pandemic spreading across the world, Spain has been one of the worst-hit countries, logging the third highest number of…

Four newly arrived NATO servicemen have tested positive for Covid-19 in Afghanistan, while dozens more have been quarantined with symptoms similar to those of the coronavirus, the US-led mission said. Information about the four infected servicemen will be withheld “pending release from the appropriate national authorities,” the NATO Resolute Support…

The Russian army ended war exercises on its western border, it announced on Monday, as a preventative measure against the COVID-19 virus. The war games were to be a response to a massive exercise by NATO troops in March, Europe-Defender 20, that was to involve over 20,000 U.S. troops and…

Regional hospitals in Sweden are implementing military protocols, borrowed from NATO. It is part of efforts to prepare for the worst-case scenario resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. Rules within Sweden remain relatively relaxed, despite some 1,500 confirmed cases. Al Jazeera's Paul Rhys reports from Stockholm. Read More

NATO expects its members to keep up defence spending despite the economic turmoil caused by coronavirus, the alliance chief said Thursday, insisting they must maintain the ability to defend themselves. The global pandemic has forced NATO to curtail or cancel some military exercises but Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said its…

Closed movie theater chains request a government bailout. But is that at all likely? And what happens if federal assistance isn't possible? “When this is over, theaters will benefit because people will appreciate the importance of going out more than ever.” That is the feeling of Alison Kozberg, executive director…

The widespread social distancing that Americans are practicing to curb the spread of coronavirus is hitting practically every corner of the economy, and movie theaters are no exception.AMC and Regal Cinemas, the two largest movie theater chains in the country, shut down all their theaters in the U.S. on Monday,…

NATO said Thursday it's concerned about political turmoil in Afghanistan and the United States called for a prisoner swap between the Kabul government and Taliban to begin as soon as possible. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said during a virtual press conference from the alliance's Belgium headquarters that a united Afghan government…

When Bill Gates was asked this week what the world should do to stop another pandemic, he pointed to a 2015 talk where he described just that.Gates then said that the world needs to invest in better health systems, increase international collaboration, keep trained medical staff in reserve, and invest…