Russia reportedly warned Mattis it could use nuclear weapons in Europe, and it made him see Moscow as an "existential threat" to the US

A landmark Cold War-era weapons treaty between the U.S. and Russia is on the verge of collapse. The U.S. said it was pulling out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, and the Kremlin quickly followed suit. The 1987 agreement banned a.....»»

“We want to send a clear message to any potential adversaries that NATO is there to protect all allies against any threat," said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg......»»

Tensions are rising between NATO and Russia......»»

South Korea warned of big differences between the U.S. and North Korean positions on denuclearization, highlighting the difficulty of reaching a deal as both sides continued talks aimed at halting the threat from Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons......»»

Europe is fighting to keep the deal. Trump wants to kill it. Meanwhile, Moscow and China will likely back Tehran......»»

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Russia will reportedly start at-sea factory trials of a nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), also.....»»

Igor Sechin, head of Russian oil giant Rosneft and one of Vladimir Putin's closest allies, has written to the Russian president saying Moscow's deal with OPEC to cut oil output is a strategic threat and plays into the hands of the United States......»»

Danish brewer Carlsberg's sales rose last year for the first time in three years, helped by strength in China and the long, hot summer in Northern Europe and Russia, but it warned it expects slower growth in 2019......»»

Authored by Paul Craig Roberts, The meetings in Beijing during January 30-31 between Washington, Russia, China, France and the UK apparently failed to preserve the commitment to prohibit intermediate range nuclear weapons. Wa.....»»

President Vladimir Putin said his country would suspend its obligations under a Cold War-era nuclear treaty that the U.S. says it plans to withdraw from over violations by Moscow......»»

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) has effectively collapsed following the US announcing Friday that it's suspending all obligations under the treaty. Predictably Moscow's response has been swift, with President Vladimir Pu.....»»

Update: As we previewed below, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the US will withdraw from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty immediately, prompting threats of a Russian "response" from Moscow.  According to RT, Pompe.....»»

Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images Of 9 nations that control the world's 14,200 some odd nuclear weapons, Russia's bombs could most easily end all life on earth. But a nuclear arsenal can't just be judged on how deadly it .....»»

Efforts to rescue a nuclear weapons treaty in place between the U.S. and Russia since the Cold War are on the brink of collapse......»»

British new car sales in 2018 fell at their fastest rate since the global financial crisis a decade ago, hit by the collapse in demand for diesel, as the industry body warned of the existential threat to the sector posed by Brexit. Ciara Lee reports.....»»

Washington's decision to drop out of the INF has fueled speculation about the return of a full-blown, Cold-War style nuclear arms race, as Russia has reflexively threatened to build up .....»»

U.S. allies in Europe face a continuing “significant threat” of terrorist attacks even as terrorism takes a back seat in U.S. security planning that increasingly focuses on China and Russia, according to a report......»»

The Czech cyber watchdog warned network operators on Monday against using software or hardware made by Chinese telecom equipment suppliers Huawei and ZTE , saying they posed a security threat......»»

The U.K. government’s pratfalls over Brexit show one thing still unites London with the continent: the growing difficulty of governing Western European nations in which new schisms have made it hard to find a majority for any way forward......»»