Canada will send more military trainers to Iraq to drill local troops combatting the Islamic State group, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, while remaining committed to pulling out its fighter jets.
18 November 2015 09:55
US President Barack Obama said sending more troops to Iraq signals a "new phase" in the fight against the Islamic State group.
10 November 2014 10:40
Secretary of State John Kerry said it was too early to discuss cutting the number of US troops stationed in Asia and South Korea.
25 October 2014 15:07
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Russian troops were beginning to pull back from Ukraine but warned Moscow still needed to do more to see sanctions eased.
15 October 2014 14:20
Western allies should learn if their punishing sanctions on Russia have softened its stance on Ukraine enough to justify Europe's economic recovery.
13 October 2014 11:00
The US military expects to increase the number of troops deployed to Liberia to fight the Ebola outbreak to nearly 4,000.
04 October 2014 11:47
Ukraine waited to see if a Russian-backed truce lasted through the day before starting to withdraw forces from a frontline.
29 September 2014 13:40
The prime minister of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk said that the pro-Russian rebels have removed artillery from frontline areas.
23 September 2014 15:32
Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian militias were due to pull back their troops from a demilitarised zone created under a new peace plan.
20 September 2014 15:11
Russia hailed Ukraine's offer of self-rule for separatist rebels in the east under a peace plan.
18 September 2014 11:38
Russia is to reinforce its troop deployments in annexed Crimea because of the worsening crisis in Ukraine and the buildup of foreign forces nearby..
17 September 2014 10:19
Barack Obama's vow to take the fight to jihadists will expand a US-led air war already underway and likely require deploying more special forces.
11 September 2014 15:09
Kiev and pro-Russian rebels reached an agreement to pull back troops, swap hostages and send humanitarian aid to war-ravaged eastern Ukraine.
06 September 2014 09:56
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed grave concerns about the intensifying conflict in Ukraine.
29 August 2014 15:05
The Philippines said it will repatriate over 400 of its troops serving as UN peacekeepers amid security threats and concerns over the Ebola virus.
23 August 2014 12:52
National Guard troops withdrew from a US town gripped by nearly two weeks of protests over the fatal police shooting of a black teenager.
22 August 2014 15:17
The White House urged Moscow to stop its "extremely dangerous and provocative" attempts to destabilize Ukraine.
16 August 2014 12:47
Russian armoured vehicles were moving towards the Ukrainian border. British media reports that a small group had crossed into Ukraine.
15 August 2014 14:15
Fierce battles on Ukraine's porous eastern border left 15 government troops dead.
09 August 2014 10:44
Australia is preparing to tighten sanctions on Russia, as Prime Minister warned President V. Putin against sending his troops into Ukraine.
08 August 2014 14:50
