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Stick to defence spending pledge, NATO chief tells Germany
Apr 01, 2019 (AFP)
NATO foreign ministers meet in the US capital this week for a low-key celebration of the alliance's 1949 founding treaty, with US complaints over weak European ...
Germany adds six months to Saudi arms export ban: government
Mar 28, 2019 (AFP)
The ban has faced opposition from within the German government and the EU, but has the support of rights groups. "The order to halt authorised weapons exports t...
German arms export policy 'unpredictable': French envoy
Mar 26, 2019 (AFP)
"The growing politicisation of the German debate on arms exports ... is jeopardising European defence cooperation," wrote the envoy, Anne-Marie Descotes. "The u...
Malaysia threatens EU fighter jet boycott over palm oil
Mar 24, 2019 (AFP)
The Southeast Asian country is the world's second largest palm oil producer after neighbouring Indonesia, and recently threatened to challenge the bloc's plan t...
NGOs urge France to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia
Mar 21, 2019 (AFP)
"I don't know how many more Yemenis have to die, be injured or go hungry before the world decides that the war must end," Radhya Almutawakel, head of Yemen Mwat...
Germany to miss NATO spending target despite short-term rise
Mar 18, 2019 (AFP)
Trump has repeatedly attacked Germany and other NATO allies for falling far short of meeting the target of spending two percent of gross domestic product on the...
Defense spending up 5 percent in Trump's 2020 budget plan
Mar 12, 2019 (AFP)
If approved as is -- an unlikely scenario given opposition in Congress -- military spending would increase to $750 billion for fiscal year 2020, which begins in...
Pentagon outlines Tenant Bill of Rights for troops, families
Mar 07, 2019 (UPI)
The document was released on Wednesday night, one day before a hearing Thursday for the service chiefs before the Senate Armed Services Committee amid reports o...
Germany extends Saudi arms export freeze till end-March
Mar 06, 2019 (AFP)
In October, Berlin froze sales of military equipment to countries involved in the Yemen conflict following the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. It ha...
French group Thales forecasts profit rise after 'excellent' 2018
Feb 26, 2019 (AFP)
The aerospace powerhouse's net profit grew 44 percent to 982 million euros ($1.1 billion) last year, while operating profitability rose a record 10.6 percent. R...
Global arms control architecture 'collapsing': UN
Feb 25, 2019 (AFP)
Secretary General Antonio Guterres used an address to the UN's Conference on Disarmament to warn that one of the cornerstones of diplomatic achievement over the...
British investigators drop probes on Rolls-Royce, GSK
Feb 22, 2019 (AFP)
Rolls Royce had already reached a 500 million ($650 million, 574 million euros) agreement with the SFO over claims that corruption and bribery were used to win ...
Germany under fire for Saudi arms export ban
Feb 22, 2019 (AFP)
Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has recently sparred with both France and Britain over the issue, while trouble is also brewing within her uneasy left-rig...
How Shanahan may end up as permanent Pentagon chief
Feb 22, 2019 (AFP)
Yet the job of overseeing these momentous policies remains vacant -- and President Donald Trump's interim pick is under fire from Republican lawmakers. The role...
Germany firm on Saudi arms ban despite British warning
Feb 20, 2019 (AFP)
"The stance of the government is that we won't deliver weapons to Saudi Arabia at the moment," Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said after talks with his British cou...
UAE announces more than $3B in defense deals at IDEX conference
Feb 19, 2019 (UPI)
The Middle East nation announced 33 deals on the opening day Sunday at IDEX 2019, including 15 deals with foreign nations worth just under $1.1 billion, CNBC re...
Planes, tanks, subs: the Thai generals' shopping list
Feb 14, 2019 (AFP)
The junta-picked National Legislative Assembly has proposed $7 billion for defence in the 2019 fiscal year -- a $1-billion increase since the 2014 coup. Big pur...
Federal budget to be released mid-March, Pentagon expects nearly $750B
Feb 06, 2019 (UPI)
Although no formal announcement has been made, White House officials notified legislators that summaries of President Donald Trump's message and top priorities ...
Senators urge Pentagon to continue its internal audit
Feb 01, 2019 (UPI)
In a letter to Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, the bipartisan signatories expressed concern that the audit will be delayed or compromisedafter its le...
Report: Pentagon allowed $28B in available funds to expire
Jan 09, 2019 (UPI)
"If the DoD [Department of Defense] does not spend its funds within the legal timeframes, the funds expire. In FY 2018, the DoD reported $27.7 billion of expire...
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