In the second world war the great powers devoted 40-60% of their economic output to military ends. The crucial difference is ...

Nuclear powers should show more restraint, the Chinese government said on Wednesday in response to President Vladimir Putin's ...

Russia has a stock of powerful new missiles "ready to be used", President Vladimir Putin has said, a day after his country ...

Russia first used its experimental ballistic missile on Ukraine on Thursday, which Zelensky calls "a clear and severe ...

In a televised address, Putin intensifies rhetoric and outlines new military threats, signalling a potentially dangerous ...

A day after Moscow fired the new missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Putin said there would be more tests of the new Oreshnik missile.

Since China and Russia are so closely aligned, thwarting Russian ambitions in Ukraine and elsewhere is a crucial element of ...

European leaders are likely to be pressured to take a harder line on China, even as they see a more immediate threat from ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that China has an important role to play in avoiding nuclear escalation, ...

Nato and Ukraine plan to hold an emergency meeting next week after Russian president Vladimir Putin threatened to strike the ...

President Vladimir Putin accused the operator of Tomtor, Russia's largest rare earth deposit, of delaying the deposit's ...