WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday that the NATO forces in Afghanistan will move to a support role this spring, advancing a shift that was originally set for this summer. Addressing a joint press conference wit...
CHICAGO, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Heads of state and government of 28 member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO) on Sunday kicked off their 25th summit in Chicago, with the alliance's future commitment to Afghanistan and security ca...
TRIPOLI, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, youngest son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in NATO's strike against Gaddafi's house, said a spokesman of the Libyan government. The NATO attack against Gaddafi's house resulted in the...
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has ruled out implementing a no-fly zone across parts or all of Libya. Speaking at a Brussels press conference, he told reporters a U.N. resolution would be needed to make a no-fly zone a legal course of action. Howev...
By Al Pessin Kabul 15 June 2006 NATO soldiers patrol narrow lane with open sewer in Kabul The British general who commands NATO forces in Afghanistan says he has a plan for bringing security and development to the troubled southern and eastern parts...
By Al Pessin Kandahar, Afghanistan 15 June 2006 The commander of NATO forces worldwide says his troops from several countries are on track to take responsibility for security in southern Afghanistan in July, and that NATO could expand to the one rem...
By Al Pessin Brussels 08 June 2006 Afghanistan's defense minister and the chief of NATO expressed confidence that alliance forces will be effective at taking responsibility for security in most of the country, in spite of the recent increase in atta...
By Paula Wolfson White House 20 March 2006 The situation in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan was on the agenda when President Bush met Monday with NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer. Mr....
By Al Pessin Taormina, Italy 09 February 2006 Donald Rumsfeld speaks with the press aboard his airplane American Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says NATO's plan to take over security operations in...
IN THE NEWS - November 23, 2002: NATO Meeting By Caty Weaver This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program, IN THE NEWS. Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization met in Prague this...
