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Tripoli (AFP) - Libya's National Oil Company said it had stopped loading crude at a key government-controlled shipping terminal, declaring "force majeure" after a pipeline closure halted operations at its main oil field. The NOC "hereby declares a state of f…

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Ramush Haradinaj served as a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the war with Serbia Kosovo's prime minister has resigned after a war crimes court in The Hague summoned him for questioning as a suspect. …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is not aiming to set up a military coalition against Iran with its new security initiative in the Gulf, but simply “shining a flashlight” in the region to deter attacks on commercial ships, a top Pentagon official told…

Aspen, United States -NATO is preparing for a world without a key nuclear arms control treaty and with more Russian missiles, the alliance's secretary-general has said. Jens Stoltenberg's comments on Wednesday at the opening of the annual Aspen Security Foru…

(Adds quote, background) ISTANBUL, July 18 (Reuters) - The Turkish lira was steady on Thursday, shrugging off the U.S. decision to remove Ankara from the F-35 fighter jet programme after it began receiving delivery of the Russian S-400 missile defence system…

SECRET sites storing 150 US nukes have been accidentally revealed in a Nato report, it has been reported. The United States and its allies in the Nato military alliance never disclose the locations of the nuclear arsenal but it appears the six sites have ina…

In a significant break with a longtime Nato ally, the Trump administration on Wednesday said Turkey can no longer be part of the American F-35 fighter jet program. In a written statement, the White House said that Turkey's decision to buy the Russian S-400 a…

Washington (AFP) - The White House confirmed Wednesday that Turkey would no longer be permitted to take part in NATO's F-35 stealth fighter jet program after it purchased a Russian missile defense system. "Unfortunately, Turkey's decision to purchase Russian…

When you are clueless in Pakistan, you turn to the army. And so Khan has appointed the army chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, to his newly formed economic council. (Many would say the army chief appointed himself). The military already controlled security and fo…

Reuters Age: 60 Family: Her father was one the first European civil servants from the establishment of the European Commission. Her husband Heiko von der Leyen is a professor of medicine and CEO of a medical engineering company. They have seven children.  …