NATO

This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of Stanley Kubricks black comedy about nuclear weapons, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Released on January 29, 1964, the film caused a good deal of controversy. Its plot suggeste…

What is behind Trump's call to turn NATO into 'NATO plus ME'?

Key Point: A disabled satellite system might make a U.S. president make a cataclysmic decision. Russia says it is developing a new aircraft that can disable the electronics on U.S. satellites. Could this new development trigger a nuclear war? The electroni…

Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb, the military confirmed in a statement. Two others were injured in the attack. The Taliban immediately claimed responsibility, and a spokesman said…

Since the longtime commander of the Quds Force, Qassem Suleimani, was killed Jan. 3 in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, he has been called a hero by Tehran and a terrorist by Washington. The response from Ottawa has been more muted, with Foreign Affairs Minister…

The insistence that U.S. troops should remain to fight terrorism is the latest attempt by Washington to push back on the Iraqi Parliament's non-binding vote insisting U.S. troops leave following the U.S. drone strike last week that killed Iranian paramilitary leader Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. A statement earlier…

(Reuters) - Canada said on Thursday that a surface-to-air missile brought down a Ukrainian airliner in Tehran, while the Ukrainian government said it was investigating reports of debris from a Russian-made Tor-M1 missile. FILE PHOTO: EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability…

President Donald Trump said the United States does not need the oil in the Middle East. So what about his country's role in the region? Well, the president is calling on NATO allies to step up their involvement there, which seems to contradict his previous questioning of the alliance's relevance.…

Trump Proposes New Name For NATO

WASHINGTON As the American-Iranian crisis shows signs of de-escalation, U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to ask NATO allies to step up efforts in the Middle East at a time the alliance members may be especially reluctant to get involved. Today, I …