Trump vows to end US-Cuba 'deal' unless Havana makes better one
"If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the U.S. as a whole, I will terminate deal," Trump said in a Twitter post.
Why playing madman can be an advantage with Pakistan
India must turn the tables now.
Oct 31, 2016, 20:02 PM IST
Major Russian naval deployment to intensify Aleppo assault: NATO diplomat
Russian warships off the coast of Norway are carrying fighter bombers that will likely reinforce a final assault on the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo in two weeks, a senior NATO diplomat said on Wednesday citing Western intelligence.
Oct 20, 2016, 00:22 AM IST
UK foreign minister plays down new Cold War with Russia
British foreign minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday it was not "entirely right" to talk about a new Cold War with Russia because Moscow did not pose as much of a threat to global stability as the former Soviet Union had.
Oct 13, 2016, 16:03 PM IST
Britain's MI6 intelligence agency to get 40 percent more spies: BBC
The Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6, will see its numbers increase to a little under 3,500 by 2020 from around 2,500, the BBC said.
Sep 22, 2016, 14:18 PM IST
NATO chief says `we stand together` on Russia
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg that the alliance`s leaders had agreed to maintain a united policy of deterrence.
Jul 09, 2016, 15:50 PM IST
ISIS wants to attack Europe with nuclear weapons, says think-tank
After carrying out numerous chemical weapons attacks in Syria, the Islamic State now wants to strike Europe with a 'dirty nuclear bomb', a leading international think-tank on proliferation has said.
Jun 10, 2016, 20:30 PM IST
NATO launches massive war games in Poland
Thousands of NATO troops hit the ground in Poland in a massive show of force Tuesday as the alliance launched its biggest war games in eastern Europe since the Cold War.
Jun 07, 2016, 16:59 PM IST
China not interested in any form of 'Cold War'
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday said China was not interested in any form of Cold War and firmly opposed anything that might threaten or harm the country's sovereignty and security.
May 30, 2016, 22:33 PM IST
Germany to increase troops for first time since Cold War ended
Germany is raising the number of its troops for the first time since 1990, ending a quarter of a century of successive cuts in the army since the end of the Cold War.
May 10, 2016, 20:58 PM IST
Barack Obama says Cuba visit designed to `bury last remnant` of Cold War
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday told Cubans that he had made a landmark trip to Havana to "bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas."
Mar 22, 2016, 20:21 PM IST
US military kept nukes on Okinawa during Cold War
The US government has declassified the fact it held nuclear weapons on Okinawa in Japan during the Cold War, though the matter had long been an open secret.
Feb 20, 2016, 04:46 AM IST
Former UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies
Former UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who led the world body during one of its most difficult periods, with failed missions in Rwanda and Bosnia, died Thursday in Cairo. He was 93.
Feb 17, 2016, 02:08 AM IST
EU's Mogherini says no Cold War with Russia as Syria truce agreed
The European Union`s senior diplomat said on Monday there was no Cold War climate between Moscow and the West as they agreed to a pause in the fighting in Syria, although Russia`s prime minister said tension was growing.
Feb 16, 2016, 02:23 AM IST
Russia decries 'new Cold War'; East-West tensions cloud talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry told the Munich Security Conference that "the vast majority of Russia's attacks (in Syria) have been against legitimate opposition groups."
Feb 13, 2016, 23:26 PM IST
World has slipped into new Cold War: Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that strains between Russia and the West have plunged the world into a new Cold War.
Feb 13, 2016, 15:01 PM IST
US, Cuba renew direct postal service after 52 years
The United States and Cuba have agreed to restore direct postal service 52 years after severing it at the height of the Cold War, the Cuban foreign ministry said Friday.
Dec 12, 2015, 01:50 AM IST
Russia to deploy new weapons to counter US missile shield
Russia will counter NATO's US-led missile defense program by deploying new strike weapons capable of piercing the shield, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
Nov 11, 2015, 00:30 AM IST
Russia planned to nuke London during Cold War: Report
Russia was planning to nuke London during the Cold War in 1954, according to a media report.
Oct 25, 2015, 15:42 PM IST
US, Russian jets involved in 'near miss' over Syria
US and Russian jets came within visual identification range over Syria, the US military said on Tuesday.
Oct 14, 2015, 15:56 PM IST
