STEPHEN COLBERT TELLS RUSSIAN TV HE'S MULLING A 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RUN

Stephen Colbert is either running for president in 2020 or has become a cautionary tale against drinking vodka shots on Russian TV... READ MORE›

COLBERTS PLANS FOR SHOW AND HIS HOPES FOR TRUMP

Mr. Letterman said he might have put his desk on the opposite end of the Ed Sullivan theater stage... READ MORE›

US CONFIRMS IT WILL PLACE 250 TANKS IN EASTERN EUROPE TO COUNTER RUSSIAN THREAT

Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland will host equipment, says Ash Carter, the US defence secretary... READ MORE›

DEFYING OBAMALAWMAKERS PRESS TOARM UKRAINE

While the United States has been providing nonlethal assistance, and American military instructors have begun training Ukrainian troops in western Ukraine, President Petro O... 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›

RUSSIA VETOES UN RESOLUTION CALLING SREBRENICA MASSACRE CRIME OF GENOCIDE

Britain, Russia and the United States had sought to come to a consensus on the text in recent days... READ MORE›

'BEST NEWS OF THE YEAR!' HOW THE WORLD REACTED TO DANIEL CRAIG RETURNING AS JAMES BOND A

Daniel Craig has finally ended years of speculation by confirming he will reprise his role as James Bond... READ MORE›

PUTIN BREAKS SILENCE WITH CALL TO OBAMA TOUCHING ON UKRAINE AND ISIS

Moscow supports the government of President Bashar al-Assad, and Mr... READ MORE›

DANIEL CRAIG AND STEPHEN COLBERT ACT OUT A MORE REALISTIC SCENE FROM 'JAMES BOND'

Daniel Craig Plays A More Realistic James Bond On 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'... READ MORE›

PENTAGON CHIEF TO PUSH U.S. ALLIES TO DITCH 'COLD WAR PLAYBOOK'

Relations between Moscow and the West have plunged to a post-Cold War low since Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea region... READ MORE›

EU AGREES TO EXTEND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA

Decisions on sanctions require unanimity so Russia needed to win over only one European Union country to block an extension... READ MORE›

NATO SAYS WON'T BE DRAGGED INTO ARMS RACE WITH RUSSIA

The United States said on Monday it would contribute special operations forces, intelligence and other high-end military assets to the new spearhead force... READ MORE›

NEED A NEW WAY TO COPE WITH TRUMP? MOVE TO DENVER!

Stephen Colbert suggests a move that might give you the escape you need... READ MORE›

RUSSIA, CHINA POSING MILITARY THREAT; WAR WITH MAJOR POWER PROBABLE

WASHINGTON America's new military strategy singles out states like China and Russia as aggressive and threatening to U.S... READ MORE›

U.S. TROOPS TO TRAIN REGULAR UKRAINIAN MILITARY TROOPS

He said the training would begin in western Ukraine near the Polish border later this autumn... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP BRANDS STEPHEN COLBERT A 'NO-TALENT GUY' AFTER COMEDIANS CRUDE JOKE

Donald Trump has branded comedian Stephen Colbert a no-talent guy who talks filthy ... READ MORE›

STEPHEN COLBERT APPEARS ON RUSSIAN TV TO 'ANNOUNCE' 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RUN

Stephen Colbert went on a Russian late night television programme to announce his 2020 US presidential bid... READ MORE›

VLADIMIR PUTIN CALLS BARACK OBAMA TO DISCUSS UKRAINE AND ISLAMIC STATE

Putin, who has consistently denied backing the pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, initiated the phone call with Obama, according to the White House... READ MORE›

IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS 'VIRTUALLY STALLED', DEADLINE MAY BE MISSED

Iran denies any ambition to develop nuclear weapons and says its program is for generating electricity and other peaceful purposes... READ MORE›

Companies from selling goods or services to five Russian energy companies to conduct deepwater, Arctic offshore and shale projects... READ MORE›

RUSSIA TALKING WITH U.S. ON ASSIGNING BLAME FOR SYRIA GAS ATTACKS

Chlorine is not prohibited, but its use as a weapon is prohibited under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, which Syria joined in 2013... READ MORE›

IRAN NUKE TALKS SNAG OVER LIFTING ARMS EMBARGO

U.N. arms embargo was imposed to pressure Iran on its nuclear program... READ MORE›

PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA WILL ADD OVER 40 MISSILES TO NUCLEAR ICBM ARSENAL

Has had heavy military equipment -- including battle tanks -- in newer NATO members that were once under Moscow's influence as part of the Soviet Union... READ MORE›

TREVOR NOAH, SETH MEYERS, JIMMY KIMMEL AND STEPHEN COLBERT SAY MORE TWITTER CHARACTERS WON'T HELP TRUMP IN BEST OF LATE NIGHT

See whatA warning Seth Meyers offers in Best of Late Night, above.A And Stephen Colbert would miss the president's ellipses... READ MORE›

CBS'S COLBERT TO GO LIVE AFTER PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES

CBS announced the live episodes, all taking place at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, at the Television Critics Association summer press tour Wednesday... READ MORE›

UKRAINE SEPARATISTS BEGIN VOTING IN CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION

Poroshenko called the polls pseudo-elections that terrorists and bandits want to organise on occupied territory... READ MORE›

PENTAGON CHIEF PLANNING FOR LONGER-TERM RIFT WITH RUSSIA

BERLIN The United States and its NATO allies are preparing militarily for the prospect that their rift with Russia could outlast President Vladimir Putin U.S... READ MORE›

MARINE GENERAL SAYS RUSSIA POSES 'GREATEST THREAT' TO U.S., BACKS ARMING UKRAINE

Russia now poses the greatest threat to U.S. national security and its behavior is nothing short of alarming, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, the nominee to... READ MORE›

N KOREA ACCUSES US OF ANTHRAX PLOT

North Korea has accused the US of targeting it with anthrax and wants the UN Security Council to look into America's biological warfare schemes ... READ MORE›

STEPHEN COLBERT GIVES US BILL MURRAY AND PENGUINS

Some folks seem to dig Stephen Colbert's older-skewing, celeb game-eschewing vibe... READ MORE›