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Conflicting messages from Turkey over Russian jet

Ankara now says it will not pay compensation to Russia, despite expressing regret over the downing of one of its fighter jets last year.

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General Leonardo Tricarico: NATO "not prepared for real dangers" [full transcript]

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Why NATO is missing the point with Russia

Migration, terrorism and cyber security are the real threats the alliance is facing, according to one of Italy's most senior military figures.

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Russia floats out military ice-breaker from St Petersburg, TASS reports

Russia has floated out the first supply ice-breaker of its class for the domestic Navy in decades, agency TASS reports.

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Poland

Poland announces increase in military manpower

The Poles are beefing up their armed forces with the Defence Minister announcing he wants to form a 35,000 strong paramilitary force, and a regular army of 150,000…

Syria

Fresh shelling in Syria kills 42 civilians, says monitoring group

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) monitoring group says forty-two civilians have been killed in aerial raids in the north of…

World News

Washington pays tribute to US military casualties at Memorial Day concert

Washington has staged a concert in the American tradition to commemorate Memorial Day, which honours military personnel who died serving the…

Ukraine

Leaders 'influenced Putin' over Savchenko release, say Ukraine pilot's lawyers

Lawyers for Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was freed in Russia and brought home to Kyiv on Wednesday, have said they were not informed in advance about the prisoner exchange with two Russians w

USA

Taliban leader Mansour killed in US drone strike

Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed in a US drone attack.

Afghanistan

Afghan Taliban chief 'likely killed' in US drone strike - officials

The US has carried out a drone strike against the leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mansour, ‘likely killing him, according to officials.

Egypt

EgyptAir MS804: First images of recovered debris released

The hunt for missing EgyptAir flight MS804 intensified on Saturday as Egypt’s military released a video of the first debris found during its search in the Mediterranean…

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: NATO flexes military muscle

This is the Brief from Brussels – a daily round-up of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

Europe News

NATO flexes military muscle to counter Russia

NATO is mulling its biggest military build-up since the Cold War to counter perceived threats from Russia.

USA

US Navy to take charge of the most technologically advanced destroyer ever built

The US Navy is to take delivery of the world’s first specially designed stealth destroyer this week, some three years later than originally planned

Austria

World powers ready to arm Libya's UN-backed government

Meeting in Vienna, more than a dozen foreign ministers say they will back a Libyan request for an exemption from the UN arms embargo.

Russia

Russia accuses Estonian man of spying

An Estonian man has reportedly been arrested in St Petersburg, suspected of spying. He is accused of gathering classified information about the

Business Planet

How to receive EU funding for your SME's dual-use project

Goods and technologies used for both civil and military purposes (dual-use) offer fantastic opportunities for SMEs.

Romania

US activates controversial missile shield in Romania

America has switched on a controversial missile shield in Romania, incensing Moscow. The aim, it says, is to protect NATO countries from short and

Syria

Syrian city of Palmyra faces new ISIL threat - reports

It is reported that ISIL militants are advancing towards the Syrian city of Palmyra for a second time. It comes several weeks after the government

Egypt

Egypt: Funeral for eight policemen shot dead in Cairo

Egypt has held a military funeral for eight policemen gunned down in an ambush in the capital. The minister of the interior attended the ceremony in Cairo.