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›

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›

EU WILL HIT POLAND WITH DEADLINE TO REVERSE CURBS ON JUDICIAL FREEDOM

The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, said on Saturday that Budapest would fight to defend Poland... 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›

'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›

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

'PUTIN IS OBSESSED WITH THE IDEA OF TESTING NATO'

Mikheil Saakashvili, enemy of Vladimir Putin who did much to implant democracy in Georgia, left the country in June, claiming he faced guaranteed imprisonment ... READ MORE›

US AND POLAND IN TALKS OVER WEAPONS DEPLOYMENT IN EASTERN EUROPE

An alliance summit in Wales last year agreed quick deployments of Nato forces in Poland and the Baltic states... 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›

ISIS LAUNCHES RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE PROPAGANDA CHANNEL

That Russian-speaking militants in Syria are disseminating propaganda is nothing new... READ MORE›

RUSSIA 'WILL RETALIATE' IF NATO STORES HEAVY WEAPONS ON ITS DOORSTEP

Russia's response could include delivering missiles to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad between Poland and Lithuania... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS | POLAND'S WAR ON DEMOCRACY WAS AIDED BY TRUMP

The right-wing government in Poland is on a collision course with the European Union... 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›

RUSSIA URGES USNOT TO DEPLOYWEAPONS TO BORDER

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had no immediate reaction, although he was expected to address military matters on Tuesday when he opens a major exhibition showcasing new Russian weaponry... 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›

BOY, 13, DISCOVERED BEHIND FALSE WALL FOUR YEARS AFTER HE WAS REPORTED MISSING

Sergeant Kevin Hughes said of the police's rescue operation They found him hidden behind a false wall in the interior portion of the home... 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›

THE SEVEN US STATES STILL LIVING UNDER CONFEDERACY FLAGS

With all the focus on South Carolina, it's easy to forget that Confederate symbolism still adorns many official state flags in the South... READ MORE›

UKRAINE 'READIES FOR COMBAT' AS RUSSIAN TROOPS ENTER THE COUNTRY

We have seen columns of Russian equipment, primarily Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defence systems and Russian combat troops entering into Ukraine, Gen... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN JET FLIES CLOSE TO NATO SHIPS IN THE BALTIC SEA IN A SHOW OF MILITARY FORCE

It has been reported that a Russian military aircraft flew within 150 metres of a group of Nato warships in the Baltic Sea last week... READ MORE›

POLAND WRESTLES WITH ITS PAST -- AND PRESENT

Gross has been investigated before for defaming Poland for his book Fear... READ MORE›

ISIL TRAINING BASE LOCATED IN GEORGIA'S PANKISI

Long-running volatility in the Pankisi region previously led to Russia imposing visa restrictions on Georgian citizens in 2000... READ MORE›

HUNT FOR NAZI GOLD TRAIN NOW INVOLVES POLISH ARMY

One potential wrinkle via Bloomberg The Polish government thinks there's a huge probability that the train is protected by explosives and has warned off treasure hunters... READ MORE›

THE GEORGIA FIVE A GROUP WITH POLITICAL HISTORY ON THEIR MINDS

US midterm elections The Georgia Five a group with political history on their minds... 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›

RUSSIA CONDEMNS 'AGGRESSIVE' US PLAN FOR TANKS IN EASTERN EUROPE

Estonia has also allocated funds towards building barracks and extra military facilities for Nato troops and equipment... READ MORE›