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                    [Title] => Canada excluded from anti-Islamic State coalition meeting
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Canada has been excluded from a meeting of defense ministers in Paris this week to discuss the fight against Islamic State militants.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-19 17:57:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1702593 [AuthorName] => Rob Gillies [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20160120/canada-isalamic-state.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1542838 [Title] => Defense chief: US sailors made navigational error in Iran [Summary] =>

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday it appears a navigational error caused the crews of two Navy boats to stray into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf, where they were detained overnight by Iran.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-14 14:03:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1468730 [AuthorName] => Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20160115/Iran-American-Sailor-boats-Persian-Gulf.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1534677 [Title] => Pentagon chief: Iraqi strike may be 'mistake' by 2 sides [Summary] =>

The American airstrike that may have killed a number of Iraqi soldiers on Friday seems to be "a mistake that involved both sides," US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-19 16:15:48 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1468725 [AuthorName] => Lolita C. Baldor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1528210 [Title] => US sending new special ops force to fight Islamic State [Summary] =>

The U.S. military will deploy a new special operations force to Iraq to step up the fight against Islamic State militants unleashing violence in Iraq and Syria.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-01 18:46:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1250030 [AuthorName] => Deb Riechmann [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20151201/iraqi-forces-islamic-state-isis.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1524714 [Title] => Pentagon pressing allies for more help against Islamic State [Summary] =>

The Pentagon is pressing European and Arab allies to provide more troops and support for the war against the Islamic State group, hoping that the horror of the Paris attacks — and the fear more are coming — will compel them to get more deeply involved.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-21 13:17:46 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1702738 [AuthorName] => Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1523256 [Title] => In signal to China, Obama to give 2 ships to Philippines [Summary] =>

With a towering warship behind him, President Barack Obama announced yesterday that the US will hand over two ships to the Philippine Navy to boost its maritime security capabilities, in a bid to show the US and its allies won't be cowed by China in disputed waters far off its coast.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-17 15:23:14 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1521857 [Title] => Reaction from around the world to Paris attacks [Summary] =>

(UPDATED 4:19 p.m.) World leaders are reacting to the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II. Some of their views:

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-13 22:21:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151114/Paris/paris-shooting-canada-statement.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1520075 [Title] => US Defense chief says Russia, China potentially threaten global order [Summary] =>

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter accused Russia of endangering world order, citing its incursions in Ukraine and loose talk about nuclear weapons, and said the U.S. defense establishment is searching for creative ways to deter Russian aggression and protect U.S. allies.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-08 20:54:46 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1702728 [AuthorName] => Robert Burns [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151109/Ash-Carter-South-China-Sea.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1519390 [Title] => Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg to visit Air Force Academy [Summary] =>

Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, is visiting the Air Force Academy as part of her campaign to promote women in leadership.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-06 12:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151107/FB-Sheryl-Sandberg-Facebook.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1518888 [Title] => US defense chief visits carrier in disputed sea [Summary] =>

In a symbolic swipe at China’s muscular moves in the South China Sea, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter visited an American aircraft carrier in the disputed waterway.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-05 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151106/Carter-9.jpg ) ) )
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