UN urges action against spread of small arms
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called on world governments to step up arms control, in particular by keeping track of...
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US weighs moves to counter China’s ‘wall of sand’
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Baltics to ask NATO for thousands of troops
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Airbus holds first A400M test flight since deadly crash
Airbus on Tuesday carried out the first test flight of a new A400M since one of the military transport planes crashed...
US F-18 fighter crashes in Gulf, crew rescued: Navy
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Philippines and Japan hold historic naval drills in flashpoint waters
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