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The NATO defense chiefs are moving closer to determining what the post-2014 alliance posture in Afghanistan will look like, Danish Gen.

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT, May 15, 2013 - Sexual assault in the force constitutes a crisis in the military, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.

Toxco Waste Management Vice President, Kathy Bruce, displaying one of the standard military issue battery packs her company currently recycles for the U.S. military.

Annie Machon is a former intelA liA gence officer for the UK's MI5, who resigned in 1996 to blow the whistle.

Syria's civil war has inspired some in Congress and in the media. Stupidity or insanity? Some people don't learn from past mistakes.

The changing internal situation in Syria is putting a new set of plans into motion, which involve Israeli aggression against Syria.

Three decades after Ronald Reagan launched his "Star Wars" project, the costly missile defense program has become a pillar of US strategy despite lingering doubts about its technology.

Aleksandar Vueiae has arrived on a two-day visit to Moscow, where he will meet with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Thursday.

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 23 / Trend / President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received Gabor Iklody, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges.

According to a declassified National Security Agency history, "American Cryptology During the Cold War," the "period 1982-1984 marked the most dangerous Soviet-American confrontation since the Cuban Missile Crisis." The secret history recounts that "Cold War hysteria reached its peak" in the autumn of 1983 with a NATO nuclear-release exercise named ... (more)

MOSCOW, May 23 The United States' insistence on pursuing a missile defense system in Europe is standing in the way of further cuts to Russia's nuclear deterrent forces, Russia's top general said on Thursday at an international security conference in Moscow.

It is a rare opportunity that isolates Iran, undermines Russian energy dominance and broadly benefits the U.S. economy.

Syria 's President Bashar al-Assad, whose government was last year described as close to collapse by groups ranging from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the armed opposition, may remain in power for years to come.

Afghan security after the departure of foreign combat troops in 2014 will become easier because of the ill-advised, misdirected and often corrupt ways NATO and its contractors have pursued the "war on terror," Afghan President Hamid Karzai told reporters in India on Wednesday.

So Bashar al-Assad has spoken -- exclusively -- to Argentine daily El Clarin . Cutting through the fog of Western hysteria, he made some valuable points.

A senior US official on Tuesday urged Bosnia-Herzegovina to reform in a bid to join NATO and the EU, Xinhua reported.During a lecture at the American University in Bosnia, Philip Reeker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of U.S. State Department, said the U.S. and the EU are still... The first thing you need to do is choose a news reader, if you already ... (more)

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel hosted the Netherlands' Minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at the Pentagon today, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said.

The Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy hosts a two-day conference on the partnership with NATO entitled "Security Challenges: the expansion of energy security in the XXI century", which started on Wednesday.

Azerbaijan and Spain discussed military cooperation as Defence Minister Safar Abiyev met his Spanish counterpart, Pedro de Morenes y Alvarez de Eulate, here, Azerbaijan's Azertac reported.

Turkey's elevation to investment grade last week may or may not be a game changer for its stock and bond markets, but the country is really hoping for a boost to FDI - bricks-and-mortar foreign direct investment into manufacturing or power generation.