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A view of the Russian Embassy in Rome, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Italy has ordered two Russian Embassy officials expelled and arrested an Italian Navy captain on spying charges after police caught the Italian allegedly giving classified documents to one of the Russians in exchange for money. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italy orders 2 Russian Embassy officials expelled for spying

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrive to give remarks prior to a NATO foreign ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (Yves Herman, Pool via AP)

NATO prepares ‘virus-free’ zone for summit; Biden invited

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Russian warning against NATO membership denounced by Bosnia

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Former President Hamid Karzai, left, and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, second right, attend an international peace conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 18, 2021. Russia is hosting a peace conference for Afghanistan, bringing together government representatives and their Taliban adversaries along with regional observers in a bid to help jump-start the country's stalled peace process. The one-day gathering Thursday is the first of three planned international conferences ahead of a May 1 deadline for the final withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops from the country, a date fixed under a year-old agreement between the Trump administration and the Taliban. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Russia hosts Afghan peace conference, hoping to boost talks

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2020, file photo, Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, bottom right, speaks at the opening session of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar. Russia is to host on Thursday, March 18, 2021, the first of three international conferences aimed at jump-starting a stalled Afghanistan peace process ahead of a May 1 deadline for the final withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops from the country. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed, File)

EXPLAINER: Stakes high as Moscow opens 1st of 3 Afghan meets

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg wears a protective face mask as he prepares to speak during a media conference, after a meeting of NATO defense ministers in video format, at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

NATO chief urges Afghan govt, Taliban to step up peace talks

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference ahead of a NATO defense minister's meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

‘No final decision:’ NATO deadlocked on Afghanistan mission as May 1 deadline looms

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens as President Joe Biden delivers a speech on foreign policy, at the State Department, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Antony Blinken, Joe Biden face issues with European Union on defense, energy policy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference ahead of a NATO defense minister's meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

NATO chief urges joint spending as budget debate rolls on

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2011 file photo, US soldiers sit beneath an American flag just raised to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan. After 20 years of military engagement and billions of dollars spent, NATO and the United States still grapple with the same, seemingly intractable conundrum — how to withdraw troops from Afghanistan without abandoning the country to even more mayhem. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Analysis: NATO faces conundrum as it mulls Afghan pullout

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

A Taliban delegation arrive to attend the opening session of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/ Hussein Sayed, File)

Joe Biden eyes roll back of Trump Afghanistan peace deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

British Ambassador to the United Nations Barbara Woodward poses for a photo, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

UN envoy: Britain is `gung ho’ about world role after Brexit

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

An MQ-9A Reaper drone is shown in this undated file photo. (U.S. Air Force photograph) ** FILE **

Air Force establishes Reaper drone base in Romania

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., gestures while speaking before the House Oversight Committee hearing on family separation and detention centers, Friday, July 12, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Andy Biggs’ bill seeks to strip Pakistan of special U.S. ally status

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, photo, a truck carrying parts of the S-400 air defense systems, exits a Russian transport aircraft after landing at Murted military airport outside Ankara, Turkey. The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defense system. The move comes at a delicate time in relations between Washington and Ankara. The countries have been at odds over Turkey's acquisition from Russia of the S-400 missile defense system. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Turkey-Russia partnership will not interfere in NATO alliance: Turkish foreign minister

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Monday, March 9, 2020, file photo released by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft, top right, is intercepted near the Alaska coastline. Two Russian aircraft that came within 50 miles (80 kilometers) of Unimak Island along Alaska's Aleutian chain were intercepted late Wednesday, June 24, 2020, military officials said the next day. The incident marked the fifth time this month that such an intercept has taken place, Gen. Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, said in a release. (North American Aerospace Defense Command via AP, File)

NATO scrambled around 350 times for Russian jets in 2020

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In this photo provided by NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR), Italian soldiers watch Christmas tree on the Christmas Eve in the KFOR military headquarters in Kosovo capital Pristina, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has totally changed Christmas time operation method and celebrations for the Kosovo Force but it has left unchanged its mission: keeping Kosovo safe and secure for 22 years now on. (KFOR via AP)

Virus changes work, not goal, of Kosovo’s NATO peacekeepers

By Florent Bajrami and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

Christmas wishes for US-Russia relations: From confrontation to Win-Win cooperation. (sponsored)

Christmas wishes for US-Russia relations: From confrontation to Win-Win cooperation.

By RussiaHouse.org

In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, photo, a truck carrying parts of the S-400 air defense systems, exits a Russian transport aircraft after landing at Murted military airport outside Ankara, Turkey. The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defense system. The move comes at a delicate time in relations between Washington and Ankara. The countries have been at odds over Turkey's acquisition from Russia of the S-400 missile defense system. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Sanctioned Turkish official thinks US relations won’t change

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019 file photo, a truck carrying parts of the S-400 air defense systems, exits a Russian transport aircraft after landing at Murted military airport outside Ankara, Turkey. NATO-member Turkey has tested its Russian-made advanced air defense missile system, Turkish media reports said Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, raising the specter of a new standoff with the United States. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool, File)

US sanctions NATO ally Turkey over Russian missile defense

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press