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›

PENTAGON INVESTIGATES ALLEGATIONS OF SKEWED INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ON ISIS

The Defense Intelligence Agency and the White House also declined to comment... READ MORE›

PENTAGON PROBES TRUMP'S EX-ADVISER FLYNN OVER FOREIGN PAYMENTS

The company paid Flynn's now-defunct firm, Flynn Intel Group, a total of 530,000 beginning in August, when he was the Trump campaign's top foreign policy adviser... READ MORE›

US OFFERS TO HELPISRAEL BOLSTERITS DEFENSES

The United States has offered Israel an array of defense capabilities in recent years, some of which Israel decided against because of budget constraints... 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›

U.S. PLANS TO STORE HEAVY ARMS IN BALTIC, EASTERN EUROPE

Plans to store heavy arms in Baltic, Eastern Europe source WASHINGTON An aerial view of the Pentagon building in Washington, June 15, 2005... 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›

OBAMA SAYS HE WONT RELENT IN FIGHT AGAINST ISIS AMID QUESTIONS ABOUT INTELLIGENCE REPORTS

Mr. Obama expressed confidence about the ultimate outcome of the military campaign, saying that destroying the Islamic State... READ MORE›

RUSSIA WANTS CLOSER LOOK FROM ABOVE THE US

Russia conducted five flights over the United States in 2014 and four in 2015, according to the Defense Department... 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›

AMID A WORLD OF PROBLEMS, TRUMP'S POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS REMAIN OPAQUE

Jeff Sessions R-Ala., another senior Trump adviser, is said to be interested in the top Defense Department job... 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, 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›

AIRSTRIKE KILLS AL-QAEDA LEADER IN SYRIA

Officials said Khorasan, an al-Qaeda offshoot, was in the final stages of preparing attacks on American or European targets... 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›

PENTAGON REPEATS CALL FOR CHINA TO END ISLAND BUILDING, SEEKS MORE MILITARY CONTACT

Call for a halt to land reclamation in the South China Sea while stressing that the Pentagon remained committed to expanding military contacts with China... 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›

PENTAGON TO INVESTIGATE CLAIM OF SKEWED INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS

Military intelligence analysts have painted an overly optimistic assessment of the war against the Islamic State officials said Wednesday... 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›

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›

SOPHISTICATED CYBERATTACK ON U.S. MILITARY EMAIL ALLEGEDLY POINTS TO RUSSIA

Russia is the leading suspect in a sophisticated cyberattack on the unclassified email network of the U.S. military's Joint Staff that prompted the Pentago... READ MORE›