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›

THIS IS WHAT CHINA HAS SAID ABOUT THE UKRAINE CRISIS

China has voiced its support for Russia's handling of the Ukraine crisis, with prominent diplomat Qu Xing calling on the West to abandon its zero-sum mentality ... 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›

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›

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, 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›

AP INVESTIGATION: NUCLEAR SMUGGLERS SOUGHT EXTREMIST BUYERS

Vadim Ghirda Associated Press Moldovan investigators can't be sure that the suspects who fled didn't hold on to the bulk of the nuclear materials... READ MORE›

RUSSIA AND EUROPE'S EXTREMIST PARTIES FIND COMMON CAUSE

Many party leaders have lauded Putin's leadership style and strong-Russia policies on Ukraine and NATO, which has ramped up military exercises in Eastern Europe... 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›

TIME TO ACT, BECAUSE UKRAINE'S FATE IS KEY TO FUTURE OF EUROPE

Travelling in Poland and Ukraine in recent days, the sense of fear and insecurity that now exists towards Russia across the region is palpable... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA AND VLADIMIR PUTIN - THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN QUOTES

At the UN meeting in Washington the two leaders had their first formal meeting in more than two years... 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›

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›

MAP: THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION MADE THE WORLD MORE WOODED

Potapov has carefully analyzed forest cover changes in eastern Europe and western Russia over the last 27 years... 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›

RUSSIA PROPOSES U.N. RESOLUTION ON MH17 'AERIAL INCIDENT', BUT OMITS CALL FOR TRIBUNAL

Russia said earlier this month it opposed a draft submitted by Malaysia on behalf of the five countries that would establish an international court... READ MORE›

WHITE HOUSE SAYS PUTIN PHONED OBAMA TO TALK ABOUT UKRAINE, ISLAMIC STATE, IRAN

The White House says Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Barack Obama and discussed continued tensions in eastern Ukraine and the fight again... READ MORE›