The world has plunged into a "new Cold War", the Russian premier said Saturday, as East-West tensions over Syria and Ukraine dominated a gathering of world leaders in Germany.
Nato is willing to support a German, Greek and Turkish request for a maritime mission to help monitor Turkey's Aegean Sea coast for migrant smugglers, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday blasted North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket as a blatant breach of five UN resolutions and demanded Pyongyang comply with international law.
A US soldier has become the first American killed in Afghanistan in 2016 while two more were wounded in an operation in Helmand province, where Afghan troops are battling Taliban insurgents.
One US service member was killed and two wounded in an operation near Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province, a NATO defence official said Tuesday
A Taliban bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle near Kabul airport yesterday, killing one civilian in an attack targeting a Nato convoy the day after Pakistan’s army chief visited the city to try to revive peace talks.
Britain’s second-largest steelmaker, SSI UK, said yesterday it was halting operations at its Redcar plant in northeast England.
