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Obama: U.S. is not Divided…Dallas Sniper Doesn’t Represent African-Americans

by Heba El Koudsy | Jul 10, 2016 | World

Washington – President Barack Obama had rejected the violence in Dallas, Texas following the sniper incident that killed policemen. Obama spoke to the press at the NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland. He was expected to visit Spain for four days and meet with Spanish King...

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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani next to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R) and Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah at the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Despite Challenges, NATO Commits to Fund Afghan Forces to 2020

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 9, 2016 | World

NATO leaders agreed on Saturday to maintain a stable military presence in Afghanistan and to help fund Afghan security forces to the tune of around $1 billion annually over the next three years. The decision came despite public fatigue in Western countries about their...

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Britain’s former Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a joint news conference with his Polish counterpart Beata Szydlo in Warsaw, Poland December 10, 2015. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Britain’s EU Exit Does not Change its NATO Commitments

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 9, 2016 | World

London,Warsaw-Britain has said that its commitment to deploy troops in Eastern Europe is a reflection of its will to consolidate itself as a strong partner of NATO, stressing that its decision to leave the European Union during a referendum held on June 23 does not...

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Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, left, speaks with Commander Resolute Support Gen. John Nicholson, right, during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council with Resolute Support Operational Partner Nations at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday, May 20, 2016. NATO has reached a broad agreement to seek another meeting with Russia before NATO leaders meet in Warsaw for a summit this July, A.P.

Russia Council to Meet in Potential Move to Ease Tensions

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 6, 2016 | World

NATO envoys will hold a further formal meeting with Russia on July 13, days after the alliance’s summit in Warsaw, in a sign Washington and Moscow want to defuse tensions in Europe. The forum bringing together Russia and its former Cold War adversary NATO last...

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Francois Lenoir/Reuters

Atlantic Alliance to Announce Developing Missile Defense in Warsaw Summit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 5, 2016 | World

Brussels-NATO summit in Warsaw will announce the achievement of NATO’s missile defense system initial level of operational readiness, said Monday NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “We intend to announce the release of a missile defense system on the initial...