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Dutch court halts F-35 jet parts exports to Israel

14-02-2024 AMSTERDAM: A Dutch appeals court has ordered the government to block the delivery of parts for F-35 fighter aircraft to Israel over concerns they are being used to violate international law. The court sided with human rights groups who argued the parts provided from a Dutch warehouse contributed to …

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Polish journalist decries past anti-LGBT output

14-02-2024 WARSAW: A journalist for the Polish state broadcaster has apologized for his channel’s “shameful” role in spreading anti-LGBT sentiment. Host Wojciech Szelag said that LGBT people had been targeted for “years” by “hateful words”. The channel, TVP Info, was criticized as a mouthpiece of the previous governing Law and …

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‘Europe needs a decade to build up arms stocks’

14-02-2024 BRUSSELS/ LONDON: Europe will need 10 years before it is fully ready to defend itself, the boss of Germany’s biggest defence firm, Rheinmetall, told media. Armin Papperger said that ammunition stocks are currently “empty”. He made the comments during a visit by Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a foundation-laying ceremony …

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