NATO agrees to boost defences in eastern EuropeNATO defence ministers agreed to immediately set up six bases in eastern Europe and establish a spearhead force of 5,000 troops in response to Russian aggression.
Fierce fighting rages for key Ukraine townBattles raged between government forces and pro-Russian rebels for control of a strategic transport hub as the death toll mounted in east Ukraine.
NATO chief warns of returning jihadists threatVisiting NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned authorities in mainly Muslim Kosovo of the danger posed by foreign fighters returning from Syria and Iraq.