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For several months, the Taliban have been attempting to make a comeback in Afghanistan.

Georgia has made an offer to Russia by which the two would divide Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region into zones of influence while Georgia would renounce its NATO goals, a Russian newspaper reported on ...

The United States has withdrawn its nuclear weapons from Britain more than 50 years after it first deployed atomic bombs there, a watchdog group says.

Europe was due to unveil the A400M military aircraft on Thursday, giving the public a first glimpse of a powerful turboprop plane built to supply seven NATO countries with urgently needed strategic transport ...

Russia President Dmitry Medvedev met European Union leaders at a summit on Friday, with Brussels hoping the new Kremlin chief would prove an easier partner than predecessor Vladimir Putin.

Date : Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:24:50 -0700 State Department Documents and Publications, USA June 25, 2008 Speeches: Invigorating the U.S.-Turkey Strategic Partnership STATE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE Wed, 25 Jun 2008 ...

The conservative commentator writes: "Some of the people who are most adamant against outsourcing economic activity from the United States to other countries often seem to think we should outsource our foreign ...

Russia claims the Taliban is expanding its zone of influence in Afghanistan. The Russian ambassador to Kabul has said the Taliban have been stepping up their activities in recent months.

David Emerson has been named Canada's new foreign minister even as his predecessor denied knowing that his ex-lover, at whose place he left classified documents, had links with organised crime.

Six foreign troops including a Polish national were slain in bombings in Afghanistan on Saturday, the forces said, making it the deadliest day for international soldiers in the war-torn nation this year.

Insurgent attacks in eastern Afghanistan rose by 40 percent in the first five months of this year over the same period a year ago, the U.S. commander of NATO forces in the region said on Tuesday.

Russia does not rule out the possibility that the U.S. and Lithuania are holding informal talks over the deployment in the former Soviet state of elements of a U.S. missile defense system, Russia's foreign ...

NATO's top soldier says the alliance needs to overhaul sluggish bureaucracies that are having an effect on operations in places like Afghanistan and Kosovo.

Germany shares Georgian concerns on Russian activities in the breakaway region of Abkhazia, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, following a meeting with President Mikhail Saakashvili in Berlin Wednesday, June 24.

Wed, Jun 25, 2008 NATO said Wednesday that an explosion killed one of its soldiers on a patrol in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a string of deadly attacks on foreign troops.

Germany plans to increase the number of its troops in Afghanistan by 1,000 this fall, senior defense officials said Tuesday, following requests by Western commanders for more troops to counter a resilient ...

WASHINGTON -- Insurgent activity is increasing sharply in Afghanistan and has spread into once stable areas, with attacks up almost 40% in the eastern provinces alone, according to new American military data ...

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva said Monday that he supports Ukraine's accession bid to the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization .

Iranian forces have battled for years in the lonely canyons and deserts on the Afghan border against opium and heroin traffickers -- winning rare praise from the United States and aid from Europe for the fight ...

BERLIN: German opposition politicians have demanded that US nuclear bombs be removed from the country after a US Air Force report cast doubt over the safety of the weapons, a press report said on Monday.