Israel-Iran conflict: Middle East war exposes UK Navy's limitationsthe Iran war is exposing the limits of Britain's navy, seen by observers as an embarrassment for a once proud maritime power. This week Ger...
27 Mar, 2026, 06.23 PM IST
Vladimir Putin not to be blamed for Ukraine war, Elon Musk shares video pointing finger at US for provoking RussiaEconomist Jeffrey D. Sachs argues that the United States' pursuit of NATO expansion, rather than Russian aggression, ignited the conflict i...
12 Nov, 2024, 01.26 PM IST
How much of the Ukrainian territory can Russia keep? Experts claim Trump and Putin are negotiatingA report has claimed that Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are negotiating the extent to which Russia can retain the Ukrai...
04 Jul, 2024, 10.23 PM IST
NATO Membership and Defence Spending: Key facts you need to knowSweden officially became a member of NATO, joining Finland in the alliance's largest expansion since the 1990s. This move comes amid rising...
25 Apr, 2024, 06.11 PM IST
Russia launches Baltic naval drills, ratcheting up tensions with European neighboursThe Ocean Shield-2023 exercises will involve forces practising how to "protect sea lanes, transport troops and military cargo, as well as d...
02 Aug, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
What would happen if Ukraine joined NATO?With such a move, NATO could address demands by Kyiv and its allies in eastern Europe to go beyond the language of the 2008 Bucharest summi...
10 Jul, 2023, 01.06 PM IST
Russia warns of 'World War III' if Ukraine joins NATO, read more details hereUkraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a surprise bid to fast-track NATO membership hours after Russian president Vladimir Putin offici...
13 Oct, 2022, 10.04 PM IST
View: NATO expansion won’t solve problems, will increase tensionThirty-one years after the defeat of the Soviet Union and Communism, the spectre of another confrontation between the West and what is left...
01 Jul, 2022, 11.50 PM IST
Sweden, Finland NATO bid no threat to Russia but may 'trigger response': PutinThe expansion of NATO to Sweden and Finland poses "no direct threat for us... but the expansion of military infrastructure to these territo...
16 May, 2022, 07.02 PM IST
NATO sees Russia's war faltering, mulls expanding allianceThe meeting follows a gathering of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading economies on Germany's Baltic Sea coast this week. Off...
16 May, 2022, 01.03 PM IST
Russia vows to retaliate as Finland seeks NATO membershipThe decision by the two Nordic countries to abandon the neutrality they maintained throughout the Cold War would be one of the biggest shif...
13 May, 2022, 12.04 AM IST
Ukraine not joining NATO so why does Putin worry?Putin's demands go beyond the question of Ukraine's association with NATO, but that link is central to his complaint that the West has push...
05 Feb, 2022, 03.04 PM IST
US: Russia to face pressure at UN over Ukraine crisisRussia's massing of an estimated 100,000 troops near the border with Ukraine has brought increasingly strong warnings from the West that Mo...
30 Jan, 2022, 11.48 PM IST
Russia's Lavrov: NATO wants to 'drag' Ukraine into alliancesIn comments on state television Sunday, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also challenged NATO's claim to be a purely defensive structure.
30 Jan, 2022, 05.25 PM IST
Russia says it will take nothing less but NATO expansion banRussia maintained a tough posture amid the tensions over its troop buildup near Ukraine, with a top diplomat warning Wednesday that Moscow ...
19 Jan, 2022, 07.14 PM IST
Russia envoy: Moscow may up the ante if West ignores demandsRussian President Vladimir Putin raised the demand for security guarantees in last week's video call with U.S. President Joe Biden. During ...
18 Dec, 2021, 06.20 PM IST
Explainer: Moscow's rocky relationship with NATO allianceThe tensions over Ukraine come amid a new low in relations between Russia and NATO, which once were so warm that President Vladimir Putin e...
14 Dec, 2021, 04.37 PM IST