US-Venezuela tensions are escalating as Trump deploys the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Caribbean. Venezuela mobilizes 200,000 troops, warships, and missiles in response.Maduro appeals to Putin for military support,

Russia’s “grey-zone” provocations will intensify in 2026. Europe faces the threat of direct conflict, marked by cyber-attacks and drone incursions

The Kremlin is focusing its fire on Pokrovsk, a gateway to the Donetsk region, which Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, has long coveted.

Military capability of Western alliance remains 'formidable' despite questions around US commitment to untested 'mutual assistance' agreement

Finland’s Stubb told Firstpost that Ukraine must decide how to end the war with Russia but should “learn from our mistake,” recalling Finland’s post-war loss of sovereignty to Moscow. He praised Donald Trump’s “carrot and stick” approach to ending the conflict while ruling out Finland as a venue for Trump-Putin talks.

Russia and China expressed alarm after Trump approved new nuclear tests, warning that they could trigger new arms races and undermine international security commitments.

U.S. President Donald Trump heaped praise on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday at a White House meeting that glossed over differences about Hungary's use of Russian oil and its disputes with fellow members of the European Union about immigration and Ukraine.

US imposes sanctions on Russia's Rosneft and Lukoil Move could force Russia to offer deeper discounts Indian buyers set to slash orders, industry sources say The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on October 22 ...