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Canada cost of fighting IS group tops $100 mln
The cost of Canada's six-month bombing mission against the Islamic State group in Iraq was estimated at more than $100...
Ukraine rebels say no arms pull-back until ‘full ceasefire’
Pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine said Monday they will only start pulling back weapons from the frontline under a peace...
Libya raids turn Egypt’s Sisi into key anti-IS ally
By targeting the Islamic State group with air strikes in Libya, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, having crushed Islamist opponents...
Poland to spend billions on defence amid rumblings of war in Europe
Looking east to the bloody conflict gripping Ukraine, NATO-member Poland has kicked off an unprecedented military spending spree worth billions...
Military Spending Rises In Asia, Middle East
U.S. defense spending dropped to 38 percent of the global total in 2014, compared to its 47 percent share in...
Ashton Carter confirmed as US secretary of defense
Ashton Carter was confirmed as secretary defense Thursday, taking on the job of supervising the war against Islamic State jihadists...
Obama says special forces could target IS leaders
President Barack Obama said he would not flinch from sending US special forces to kill Islamic State leaders, as he...
Ukraine military ‘unsuited’ to current conflict: study
Ukraine's military is "unsuited" to the current conflict against pro-Russian separatists and needs more armored vehicles and artillery rockets, a...
North Korea warns South of ‘most miserable end’
North Korea stepped up its rhetoric against the South Wednesday, warning that its neighbor would face a "most miserable end"...
As China circles, US-Thai military friendship stumbles
Perturbed by Thailand's coup, the United States has scaled back a showpiece joint military exercise with its Southeast Asian ally,...
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