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Erbil and Baghdad are on brink of war in Kirkuk – Kurdistan Representative

Kurdistan is calling on the international community to help de-escalate situation in Kirkuk as the region is hovering on the brink of war.

12 October

An Iranian Shahab-2 missile. The US has passed sanctions against Iran for its ballistics program.

Joanne Stocker

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US Congress introduces bill to impose new sanctions on Iran’s ballistics program

The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced a new bill that would expand sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile program.

12 October

Fergus Kelly

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Trump to appoint Lockheed executive to Pentagon defense policy role

U.S. President Donald Trump intends to appoint John Rood, an executive at defense contractor Lockheed Martin, as as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

12 October

Staff Writer With AFP

Erdogan says Turkey will not purchase U.S.-made handguns

Turkey's president ordered his government not to purchase U.S.-made semi-automatic handguns for the Turkish police force

10 October

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Anna Varfolomeeva

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US military operations unaffected by diplomatic fight with Turkey – Pentagon

The ongoing diplomatic spat between the United States and Turkey has had no impact on U.S. military operations, the Pentagon said

4 October

Former Dutch minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert

Fergus Kelly

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Dutch defense minister resigns over deaths of Mali peacekeepers

Both the Dutch defence minister and the chief of its military resigned over the deaths of two soldiers on a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali in 2016

3 October

James Mattis Joseph Dunford Pentagon Defense Department

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Mattis: Pentagon supports Tillerson’s diplomatic efforts with North Korea

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis told a Senate panel on Tuesday that the Pentagon supports Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's talks with North Korean officials.

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26 September

Anna Varfolomeeva

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US detects no change in posture of N. Korean military, top US general says

The U.S. military has not detected any change in posture of North Korean forces despite the politically charged rhetoric coming from Pyongyang, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford said on Tuesday. “We haven’t seen a change in the posture of North Korean forces. We watch that very carefully,” Mr. Dunford said in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. On Monday, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho said the U.S. had declared war on his country. The remarks came after U.S. President Donald J. Trump tweeted that North Korea “won’t be around much longer,” if Mr. Ri echoed the views of the country’s leader Kim Jong–un. The White House later dismissed the notion that Washington was at war with Pyongyang. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said earlier on Monday that the U.S. is going to continue to pursue diplomatic efforts to resolve the North Korean crisis. “Hope that’s the way we’ll solve this,” he said.

26 September