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In Finland's forests, soldiers re-learn how to lay anti-personnel mines
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» KAJAANI - Finland is barely out of the treaty banning them but the country's armed forces are already training soldiers to lay anti-personnel mines, citing a threat from neighbouring Russia.
Nato tests war preparedness on eastern flank facing Russia
AFP, Published on 05/11/2025
» ALBA IULIA —On the Mures river in central Romania, French armoured vehicles and Romanian trucks board a motorised floating bridge, part of a large military exercise to showcase the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (Nato) ability to rapidly increase force levels on its eastern flank facing Russia.
Fearing US invasion, Venezuela to hold emergency drills
AFP, Published on 27/09/2025
» CARACAS — Venezuela, on high alert over a military deployment of the United States off its coast that has stirred invasion fears, will hold disaster preparedness drills on Saturday as President Nicolas Maduro mulls invoking emergency powers.
'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - He mocked renewables as a "joke," praised "clean, beautiful coal" and declared climate change the "greatest con job ever."
Judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze EV charging funds
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars allocated for the construction of electric vehicle charging stations in over a dozen US states.
On patrol for jihadists with Mauritania's camel cavalry
AFP, Published on 10/05/2025
» ACHEMIME (MAURITANIA) - A posse of turban-clad soldiers perched on "ships of the desert" may conjure images of the past but Mauritania's camelback cavalry play a vital role in the fight against jihadism today.
India and Pakistan trade fire after deadly escalation
AFP, Published on 08/05/2025
» SRINAGAR, India - Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged gunfire overnight in Kashmir, New Delhi said Thursday, a day after the worst violence between the nuclear-armed rivals in two decades.
At Trump-themed Texas burger joint, diners eating it up
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» BELLVILLE, Texas - It is lunchtime at Trump Burger and diners are enjoying fast food and the frenetic first 100 days of their president’s second term.
Sensational Barca destroy Dortmund in Champions League mismatch
AFP, Published on 10/04/2025
» BARCELONA - Robert Lewandowski hit a brace to help a devastating Barcelona rout Borussia Dortmund 4-0 in a one-sided Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday.
Spain edge Netherlands on penalties, set up France Nations League semi-final
AFP, Published on 24/03/2025
» PARIS - Holders Spain beat the Netherlands on penalties after a dramatic quarter-final second leg in Valencia finished 3-3 on Sunday to set up a Nations League last-four clash with France, who edged Croatia in a shoot-out after a 2-2 aggregate draw.