Once again Iran is back in the spotlight, not for a corrupt election and electronic dissent, but for a more worrying trend: nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad is fairly scary, but an Ahmadinejad with nuclear capabilities is like the playground bully making the cut-throat motion mouthing the words, "You're next." ...more

November 4, 2009

Once again Iran is back in the spotlight, not for a corrupt election and electronic dissent, but for a more worrying trend: nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad is fairly scary, but an Ahmadinejad with nuclear capabilities ...more

November 3, 2009

President Barack Obama sent a secret letter to Russia's president last month suggesting he would back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons, U.S. officials said Monday. ...more

March 3, 2009

A brand-new Russian nuclear submarine returned to base on Sunday after an accident with its fire-extinguishing system flooded two compartments with Freon gas, killing 20 people and injuring 21, Russian officials said. ...more

November 10, 2008

Russian commanders said Wednesday that they were growing alarmed at the number of NATO warships sailing into the Black Sea, saying NATO vessels now outnumbered the ships in their fleet anchored off the western coast of Georgia. ...more

August 28, 2008

Russia showed the first signs of drawing down some of its troops in Georgia on Tuesday, but its forces bound and blindfolded 21 Georgian soldiers at the Black Sea port of Poti, displaying them along with five seized American Humvees. ...more

August 20, 2008