RUSSIA CALLS ON US TO WITHDRAW NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM EUROPEAN TERRITORY

The Russian foreign ministry Monday called on the U.S. to withdraw its nuclear weapons from European territory, Sputnik News reported... READ MORE›

THE TWO WORDS THAT WILL HELP GET AN AIRLINE UPGRADE OVER THE PHONE

I'm obsessed with Christmas and always collect some kitsch bauble or other from the places I travel to... READ MORE›

FINANCE MINISTER CITED U.S. TREASURY ON MONEY LAUNDERING, BRIBERY

Latvia's top banker has been detained in a corruption and money laundering probe in the former Soviet republic that is now part of the European Union... READ MORE›

U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY MATTIS TO PRESS EUROPEAN ALLIES ON MILITARY SPENDING

The issue of low defense spending in Europe has long been an irritant in Washington... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN FIGHTER JET 'PASSES 5FT IN FRONT OF US SURVEILLANCE PLANE' OVER BLACK SEA

The US State Department said the Russian jet closed to within five feet and crossed directly in front of the EP-3 Aries II plane... READ MORE›

JAPAN PM BEEFS UP EUROPEAN TIES AMID N. KOREA TENSIONS

Abe will then visit fellow Baltic states Latvia and Lithuania, before continuing on to Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania... READ MORE›

ETHIOPIA, EGYPT JOIN GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF COPTIC CHRISTMAS

Coptic Christians in Ethiopia and Egypt are celebrating Christmas today... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP: THE GRINCH WHO TURNED CHRISTMAS INTO A POLITICAL BATTLEGROUND

Pre-Trump, when someone wished me a Merry Christmas I was pleased - now I wonder if they're making some sort of passive-aggressive statement... READ MORE›

FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FACE SANCTIONS IF THEY FAIL TO HELP 'FAKE NEWS' INQUIRY

Facebook and Twitter have been threatened with sanctions if they refuse to help a Parliamentary investigation into Russian interference in the EU referendum... READ MORE›

US TANKS AND TROOPS IN POLAND A THREAT, RUSSIA SAYS

The troops are part of President Barack Obama's response to reassure Nato allies concerned about a more aggressive Russia... READ MORE›

US POISED TO PUT HEAVY WEAPONRY IN EAST EUROPE

Putin, that the United States would defend the alliance's members closest to the Russian frontier... READ MORE›

KANSAS WOMAN'S TOPICAL CHRISTMAS CARD GOES VIRAL

So this year she penned a sentence, and it's gone viral: "This Christmas season we would like to remind everyone that Jesus was a Middle Eastern refugee."... READ MORE›

WHY DIE HARD IS THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS MOVIE -- DESPITE NAYSAYERS

Both unconventional Christmas films feature Alan Rickman, but, Zahn said, only Die Hard does the late actor justice... READ MORE›

'NATO CALLS RUSSIA AN AGGRESSOR, AT THE SAME TIME RUSSIA FINDS ITSELF SURROUNDED BY NATO TROOPS'

RT The German company Optronic HR confirmed recruiting Russian speakers for upcoming NATO drills involving US troops... READ MORE›

WHAT HISTORY REALLY TELLS US ABOUT JESUS' BIRTH

While there is nothing wrong with the devotional piety of Christian tradition, a white-washed nativity scene risks missing the most radical aspects of the Christmas story... READ MORE›

TRUMP CLAIMS HE SAVED 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' FROM ASSAULT, DESPITE OBAMA HAVING SAID IT EVERY YEAR

Late on Christmas Eve night, Mr Trump tweeted People are proud to be saying Merry Christmas again... READ MORE›

PUTIN COULD ATTACK BALTIC STATES WARNS FORMER NATO CHIEF

Its Baltic Air Policing Mission intercepted 150 incursions into NATO airspace by Russian aircraft last year... READ MORE›

AS GLOBAL AXIS OF POWER SHIFTS, A COLD WIND BLOWS THROUGH THE BALTIC STATES

After 25 years of independence, Lithuania worries that Nato splits and US isolationism might open the door to Russian aggression... READ MORE›

PANDORO IS ITALYS CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. EASTER IS ANOTHER STORY.

Workers at Melegatti, the maker of traditional Christmas cakes, have staved off layoffs by urging Italians to eat pandoro... READ MORE›

'A VERY PROVOCATIVE ACTION': CANADA'S WAR GAMES IN THE BALTICS IRK SENIOR RUSSIAN OFFICIAL

That led the Trudeau government to commit more than 350 million dollars to send Canadian troops to lead the NATO force in Latvia for three years... READ MORE›

'MERRY CHRISTMAS' DIDN'T DISAPPEAR, BUT IT'S BIGGER THAN EVER UNDER TRUMP

Obama said merry Christmas plenty of times, and like his predecessor, Trump also says happy holidays at times... READ MORE›

U.S. SENATORS VISIT BALTICS TO REASSURE AHEAD OF TRUMP PRESIDENCY

McCain and Graham asked Trump to take a tough line against Russia over what they termed its military land grab in Ukraine... READ MORE›

DISNEY WORLD CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAYS AT ALL FOUR PARKS

But during Christmastime, the theme park resort really decks its halls and cranks up the good tidings with special attractions and features... READ MORE›

NATO RETURNS ITS ATTENTION TO AN OLD ADVERSARY RUSSIA

I don't think we're in the Cold War again... READ MORE›

PUTIN STARTS WAR GAME ON NATO FRONTIER ALARMING A WARY EUROPE

That estimate includes joint exercises in Kaliningrad, Russia's nuclear-armed enclave on the Baltic Sea that's nestled between Poland and Lithuania... READ MORE›

PUTIN IS NOT JUST A SIDESHOW WHEN HE'S YOUR NEIGHBOR

Since his election, President Trump has done little to halt the growing confidence of Russian President Vladimir Putin... READ MORE›

CALL TO DOUBLE MONITORS IN UKRAINE

They claim anti-EU television and media propaganda is targeting the minority Russian speakers in the Baltic states... READ MORE›

The number of intercepts of Russian military aircraft approaching Western airspace has tripled compared with 2013, British researchers said in November, citing NATO officials... READ MORE›

MOCKED AROUND THE WORLD, CAN MONTREAL'S 'UGLY' TREE FIND LOVE BEFORE CHRISTMAS?

By gray winter daylight, all the world could see Montreal's great, gangly Christmas tree... READ MORE›

NATO JETS VIOLATE FINLAND AIRSPACE WHILE INTERCEPTING RUSSIAN PLANES

Two NATO jets which were intercepting Russian planes over neutral waters near Estonia briefly violated Finnish airspace, the alliance said... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SAYS WILL RETALIATE IF U.S. WEAPONS STATIONED ON ITS BORDERS

MOSCOW WARSAW A plan by Washington to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia's border would be the most aggressive U.S... READ MORE›

NATO ALLIES DISPUTE SIZE OF PLANNED RUSSIAN WAR GAMES

Russia will hold large-scale military drills on NATO's eastern flank... READ MORE›

RUSSIA'S LARGE-SCALE ZAPAD WAR GAMES UNNERVE THE WEST

The last thing we want is a military escalation with Russia, said one senior NATO official involved in military planning, referring to Zapad... READ MORE›

'EUROPEANS NEVER TOLD THAT RUSSIA VIEWS NATO'S EASTWARD EXPANSION AS SERIOUS THREAT'

'Europeans never told that Russia views NATO's eastward expansion as serious threat'... READ MORE›

WORLD'S LARGEST PASSENGER PLANE IN CHRISTMAS STUNT OVER GERMANY A

Flying the world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, the pilot drew the outline of a Christmas tree... READ MORE›

BLACK LIVES MATTER ON CHRISTMAS: WHY DO AFRICAN-AMERICANS CELEBRATE 'WHITE SUPREMACY' HOLIDAY?

Black Lives Matter in Atlanta took to Twitter Sunday ask why African-Americans celebrate Christmas since whites do not celebrate black holidays... READ MORE›

HOUSE OF LORDS CRITICISES EU AND BRITAIN FOR 'SLEEPWALKING INTO CRISIS' AS MOSCOW AND NATO REMAIN ON DIPLOMATIC COLLISION COURSE

Valdis Dombrovskis, the vice-president of the European Commission, and a former Prime Minister of Latvia, said Russia's aggression against Ukraine is very worrying for Baltic states... READ MORE›

US AND BRITISH ARMY PARADE 300 YARDS FROM RUSSIA BORDER

Elvira Neimann, 77, said she's been living in Narva since the end of the Second World War in 1945 I feel part of Estonia, not Russia... READ MORE›

CHRISTMAS MARKETS ARE BELOVED TRADITION BUT A CHALLENGE TO PROTECT

PARIS -- In France this year, the annual Strasbourg Christmas market opened under heavy security... READ MORE›