A Chinese flotilla with a naval vessel firing an anti-submarine missile during a drill at Peter the Great Bay in Russia. China’s army has kicked off “unprecedented” air and sea drills in the Yellow Sea, between the Korean Peninsula and China, a report says. According to a late Friday report by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Daily, the exercises began earlier in the day. The report,... 

After a significant thaw between the US and Cuba, the states decided to restore their embassies. However, some believe that opening an embassy in Havana would avert one of the American’s important allies. Thus, the presidential candidate from the Republican party Ted Cruz claimed, that reopening is a “slap in the face” of Israel. Cruz called Obama’s announcement “unacceptable... 

France’s external intelligence agency has been intercepting international communications for the last couple of years, a new investigation reveals. The findings of a weeks-long investigation carried out by the French daily Le Nouvel Observateur, published on Wednesday, show that France’s Directorate-General for External Security, known by its French acronym DGSE, has been spying on the... 

An American military report has warned of a growing probability of the United States fighting a war with a major power, Russia or China, with “immense” consequences. The report released on Wednesday by General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, singles out Russia and China as aggressive countries and a threat to US security interests. “Russia’s military... 

A mock air battle between an F-16 jet and the military’s new and oft-troubled F-35 stealth jet showed that the F-35 is too sluggish to hit an enemy plane or dodge gunfire, according to a report. The F-35 has cost the US military more than a trillion dollars since work on it began, making it the most expensive weapon in history. The mock air battle, staged in January over the Pacific Ocean, was to... 

The US Department of Education weathered sharp criticism over the weekend for its decision to add a rainbow to its Facebook profile picture. By noon Friday, the federal education department’s social media team had swapped out their original blue background for the fanatically pro-gay rainbow image, mirroring the Obama administration’s loud support for the recent supreme court decision on gay marriage. While... 

Russia’s gas giant, Gazprom, has announced that it is halting natural gas supply to the war-stricken Ukraine after pricing talks between two neighbors failed. “Ukraine did not pay for July gas supplies,” Gazprom chief, Alexei Miller, said in a statement on Wednesday, adding, “Gazprom has halted gas supplies to Ukraine from 10 a.m. (0700 GMT) July 1.” The Russian official... 

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is ready to accept almost all the conditions proposed by the country’s international creditors at the weekend, marking the latest attempt to keep Greece in the eurozone. The prime minister said he would accept all of the terms proposed with just minor exceptions. He agreed to the changes in the country’s value added tax system but asked to keep a special 30... 

09/01/1992 A Coca Cola shop. The head of Russia’s Party of Pensioners is urging sanctions against the Coca-Cola and PepsiCo claiming the soda giants are major sponsors of anti-Russian politicians in US and that the move would boost domestic producers of soft drinks. “In support of the president’s and government’s actions regarding the countersanctions we suggest restricting imports of products... 

A poll conducted jointly by The University of Texas and The Texas Tribune has found that a majority of Texans believe that the federal government is likely to order a “domestic military intervention” to arrest political protesters and violate property rights. The poll was conducted primarily to discover whether Texans felt Governor Greg Abbott was correct in his actions to send the Texas State... 

Left-wing German politician and former finance minister Oskar Lafontaine had some harsh words for the US on its politics concerning Russia and Ukraine. He has also called on the EU to oppose Washington. In a Facebook post which cannot be quoted fully quote due to strong language, Lafontaine, whose latest political post was co-chairman of the democratic socialist party The Left, called US Defense Secretary... 

A Topol intercontinental ballistic missile launcher with a transport. We all remember how, in early June, President Putin announced that Russia would deploy more than 40 new ICBMs “able to overcome even the most technically advanced anti-missile defense systems.” Oh dear; the Pentagon and their European minions have been freaking out on overdrive ever since. First was NATO Secretary-General, Norwegian... 

US tanks in Narva, Estonia, near the Russian border. Washington plans to station hardware, including tanks and armored vehicles, in a number of European countries, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced on Tuesday. Nukes withdrawn in the 1980s will not return to Europe. Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania will be hosting the new hardware, and it will be possible to move it around... 

Mexican officials lobbed insults back at billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump, after he said during his campaign announcement that the America’s southern neighbor wasn’t sending the US their best, but rather drug dealers and rapists. Mexico’s interior minister said Trump was seeking to “generate controversy” when he referred to Mexicans as rapists and drug dealers. Speaking from... 

The US will be able to supply natural gas to Ukraine and Europe within two years, Senator John McCain pledged in Kiev. The American politician believes that only gas reliance prevents European countries from hardening sanctions against Russia. “The United States will supply natural gas to Ukraine and other parts of Europe in two years,” McCain said on Saturday, RIA Novosti reported. McCain headed...