Tag: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Greek, Turkish diplomats hold talks after year of strain
ATHENS, Greece — Senior diplomats from Greece and Turkey are meeting in Athens on Tuesday in an effort to ease long-standing tensions between the...
Call me? US-Turkey reset faces long list of hurdles
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has toned down his anti-Western and anti-US rhetoric in an apparent effort to reset the rocky...
AP Interview: Afghan minister warns US against hasty retreat
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi warned on Saturday against a hasty U.S. retreat from the war-ravaged country, saying that the Taliban's...
Libya authorities free journalists detained after PM presser
CAIRO — Authorities in western Libya on Sunday released two local journalists who had been detained in the capital last week following a news...
Germany prepares way for its troops to stay in Afghanistan
BERLIN — The German government is preparing the way for the country's troops in Afghanistan — the second-biggest contingent in a NATO force —...
Russia expels Estonian diplomat in retaliatory step
Russia is expelling a diplomat from Estonia in retaliation for the Baltic country’s expulsion of a Russian envoy.
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NATO chief urges Afghan govt, Taliban to step up peace talks
BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday urged the Afghan government and the Taliban to step up the pace of peace talks amid...
NATO boosts Iraq mission with thousands of personnel
BRUSSELS — NATO is planning to scale up its mission training Iraq's security forces with thousands of new personnel as the military alliance seeks...
Biden says Kosovo holds ‘special place’ for his family
PRISTINA, Kosovo — President Joe Biden said that Kosovo holds a “special place’ for his family because of the time his late son Beau...
NATO chief dismisses early pullout of Afghan troop trainers
BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the military alliance will only leave Afghanistan when security conditions allow, as a deadline for...