British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, center, speaks with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, right, during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. 

NATO unsure of Putin’s next move with Ukraine

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British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, center, speaks with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, right, during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Feb. 16, 2022. 

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After meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Russian leader Vladimir Putin declared that Moscow would “partially pull back troops” from the Ukrainian border. But NATO leaders are not convinced that Putin has decided to step back from the brink. And, following years of drought and war, Afghans now face severe food shortages in parts of Afghanistan, leaving many hungry. Also, Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennet was in Bahrain on Tuesday, in the first visit of its kind by an Israeli prime minister.

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