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›

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS EVOKES EUROPES DARKEST HOUR

In Europe, we benefited from humanitarian assistance and the acceptance of refugees after the disaster that was World War II, Mr. Roth said... READ MORE›

JAPANS LOWER HOUSE PASSES BILLS TO GIVE MILITARY FREER HAND TO FIGHT

It complements guidelines in a bilateral agreement governing how Japanese and United States forces work together, which was signed by the two nations this year... READ MORE›

RUSSIA AND NATO 'ACTIVELY PREPARING FOR WAR'

The preparations include major military exercises by both Russia and Nato that appear designed exclusively to respond to one another's capabilities and potential war plans... READ MORE›

COMPARING GREECE TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION

It sounds a lot like the Great Depression in the United States... READ MORE›

U.S.A. VS. JAPAN: WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FINAL 2015

It is the third time the United States has won the Women's World Cup and the first since 1999... READ MORE›

PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA BEEFING UP NUCLEAR ARSENAL, NATO DENOUNCES 'SABER-RATTLING'

Putin made his comments a day after Russian officials denounced a U.S... READ MORE›

SYRIANS FLEEING WAR FIND NEW ROUTE TO EUROPE VIA THE ARCTIC CIRCLE

Intriguingly, in 2013 a Facebook group which advises Syrians about how to reach Europe suggested that Norway's border with Russia was impenetrable... READ MORE›

EUROPE'S CURRENT ANTI-MIGRANT RHETORIC CARRIES ECHOES OF 1930S ANTI-SEMITISM

Even during World War II, let alone before it started, antisemitism was rife in American political and public life... READ MORE›

IRAN TROOPS TO JOIN SYRIA WAR, RUSSIA BOMBS GROUP TRAINED BY CIA

At the United Nations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference Moscow was targeting Islamic State... READ MORE›

RUSSIA TO U.S.: TALK TO US ON SYRIA OR RISK 'UNINTENDED INCIDENTS'

Russia to U.S. talk to us on Syria or risk 'unintended incidents'... READ MORE›

NATO RETURNS ITS ATTENTION TO AN OLD ADVERSARY RUSSIA

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

CLOSE MILITARY ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST AT COLD WAR LEVELS

Black Sea encounter On 7 September, the Canadian frigate Toronto was buzzed by a Russian aircraft in the Black Sea with the plane coming within 300 metres... READ MORE›

70 YEARS LATER HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA

Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country... READ MORE›

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT MOCKS PUTIN IN FRONT OF UNITED NATIONS

On Monday the Ukrainian delegation pointedly left the hall when Russian President Vladimir Putin started speaking... 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 POSITIONING TANKS AT SYRIA AIRFIELD

Russia positioning tanks at Syria airfield U.S. officials... READ MORE›

NATO LAUNCHES LARGEST AIRBORNE DRILLS IN EUROPE SINCE END OF COLD WAR

It said the exercise marks the first time the US 82nd Airborne Division has operated in Europe since supporting Nato operations in Kosovo in 1999... READ MORE›

RUSSIA COMPLAINS OVER 'GAY BAR' ON PRESIDENT'S PLOT IN FINLAND

The archipelago lies between Finland and Sweden, but one uninhabited property is owned by the Russian presidency, having once been owned by a German-Finnish couple... READ MORE›

AIR FORCE SENDING ADVANCED FIGHTERS TO EUROPE

The F-22 deployment comes in response to requirements from commanders in the region James and Air Force Gen... READ MORE›

DESPITE CUTS US ARMY PREPARES FOR THREATS IN EUROPE

Laubenthal of the German Army, who recently became the first non-American appointed to serve as chief of staff of United States Army Europe... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN WARPLANES STRIKE DEEP INSIDE ISLAMIC STATES HEARTLAND

BEIRUT Russian warplanes have struck targets deep inside the Islamic State's heartland province of Raqqa for the first time Russia's Defense Ministry said Friday... 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›

RUSSIA FUELLING UKRAINE WAR, SAYS US

Meanwhile, Ukraine's defence minister has said that government forces are redeploying in preparation for a possible new offensive by pro-Russian separatist rebels... READ MORE›

'NAZI GOLD TRAIN' FOUND IN POLAND COULD BELONG TO RUSSIA AS COMPENSATION FOR WW2

Nazi 'gold train' Treasure could be claimed by Russia as compensation for Second World War... READ MORE›

56 NATIONS ATTEND FOUNDING OF ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE BANK IN CHINA

Stephens, general counsel of the Asian Development Bank in Manila... READ MORE›

RUSSIA THREATENS US WITH NUCLEAR ARMS 'COUNTER-MEASURES'

The United States has reduced its non-strategic nuclear weapons by approximately 90 percent since the end of the Cold War, the spokesman, Lt... READ MORE›

Soviet submarine sightings caused Cold War security alerts in Sweden in the 1980s... READ MORE›