A grim report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared by the Federal Security Service (FSB) states that US Secretary of State John Kerry and US Defense Secretary Ash Carter have, literally, “begged” for the Federations help in finding an Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/Daesh) terror cell operating in the European Union (EU) who are believed to be preparing a massive Sarin gas attack against a European... 

Fresh back from Kiev, Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley called Russia “aggressive” and “adversarial to the interests of the United States,” claiming that having nuclear weapons and the ability to use them makes Russia the foremost threat to the US. Russia is the only country in the world with the nuclear capability to destroy the United States, which makes it an existential threat, Milley... 

China may use force if the US proceeds with its plan to sail within 12 miles of a reclaimed island in the South China Sea. Australia, which previously supported the American plan, said it wouldn’t be part of it. “We wouldn’t participate in any surveillance or whatever other activities the United States might have talked about,” Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb said on Thursday in an interview... 

The US has offered to increase military aid to Israel by another $1.5 billion per year to ease tensions over the nuclear deal with Iran, media has reported. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to make the offer during next week’s visit to Tel Aviv. The proposed increase would see Israel getting an additional squadron of F-35 fighter jets, funding for research and development of missile defense... 

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 Nukes withdrawn in the 1980s will not return to Europe.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... 

The Chinese Defense Ministry confirmed the fourth test of a hypersonic nuclear delivery vehicle, which the US called an “extreme maneuver,” amid rising tensions between the two powers in the South China Sea. The test of the hypersonic glide vehicle, which the US has dubbed the “WU-14”, was carried out on June 7 and is the missile’s fourth test in 18 months. “The scheduled scientific... 

The US and Japan are close to finalizing the revision of bilateral defense rules that would expand the two countries’ military cooperation, and allow Tokyo to play a more “proactive” role in regional security, according to US Defense Secretary Ash Carter. The bilateral defense agreement lays down a set of rules for joint operations between the US Military and Japan’s Self-Defense Forces...