US airborne infantry troops in Poland amid Ukraine tension US airborne infantry troops in Poland amid Ukraine tension World 06 Feb, 2022
Russian President Putin arrives in Beijing for Winter Olympics - state TV Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday arrived in Beijing, where he is expected to attend the 2022 Winter Olympics and hold a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss closer cooperation amid increasing tensions with the United States. World 04 Feb, 2022
Russia, US, Ukraine to square off at UN Security Council The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to meet Monday for the first time on Russia's troop buildup and threatening actions against Ukraine at the request of the United States, and all key players are expected to square off in public over the possibility of a Russian invasion and its global impact. World 31 Jan, 2022
Putin accuses Ukraine leader of plotting naval clash to boost ratings MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of orchestrating a naval "provocation" in the Black Sea at the weekend in order to boost his flagging popularity ratings before an election next... Women 28 Nov, 2018
Russia to deploy new missiles to Crimea as Ukraine tensions rise MOSCOW/KERCH - Russia said on Wednesday it would send more of its advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to Crimea and a Reuters reporter saw a Russian warship deploying nearby as tensions with Ukraine rose over Moscow's seizure of... Women 28 Nov, 2018
US airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels BAIRUT/WASHINGTON: US forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in the long-running civil war by intervening on the side of President Bashar al-Assad. One... Women 13 Oct, 2015
US airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels BEIRUT/WASHINGTON: US forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in the long-running civil war by intervening on the side of President Bashar al-Assad. One... Women 13 Oct, 2015
Georgia charges Russian invasion TBILISI: Georgia accused Russia on Monday of trying to take more territory outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia as tensions rose before the first anniversary of the Russian-Georgian war last summer. Georgia said Russian troops entered the... Women 03 Aug, 2009
TOPICS: When nations kill their own Gareth EvansAt the height of the bloody suppression by the Burma (Myanmar) regime of protesting monks last year, the heated question was whether the international community should intervene. In response, a well-known Chinese professor told an American... 12 Oct, 2008
Is Cold War rhetoric back at the UN? When the US and the former Soviet Union were on the verge of a military confrontation over Cuba during the height of the Cold War, the legendary US Ambassador Adlai Stevenson went eyeball-to-eyeball with Soviet envoy Valerian Zorin in the Security... 09 Sep, 2008
What the books are about A Long Way GoneThis is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. In the more than 50 conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is... Travel Abroad 05 Apr, 2008
