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The Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Stanislav Zas, told Sputnik in an exclusive interview on Thursday how the CSTO... 06.01.2022, Sputnik International

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has held talks with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö about the countries rights to join alliances amid Russias security demands that include guarantees on NATOs non-expansion.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States does not officially have any attribution for recent attacks on US-led coalition forces in Iraq and Syria or clarity on... 06.01.2022, Sputnik International

US President Joe Biden signed the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) on Monday; the US $768 billion defense spending bill for 2022 is up about 5 percent from a year earlier.

The US is retaining a nuclear aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean instead of sending it on to the Middle East in order to reassure allies as tensions remain high over Ukraine.

The chief of Norways Intelligence Service, Nils Andreas Stensønes, has identified a “persistently high” level of intelligence threats against the country, claiming that Russia alongside China pose the greatest threats.

Romania wants to purchase 32 F-16 fighter jets from Norway. The estimated total budget amounts to EUR 454 million ($514 million), the Norwegian government has said.

The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, as both Nordic countries are increasingly participating in the alliances drills, would require an adequate response from Moscow, Maria Zakharova of the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The new report by the Danish Intelligence Service highlighted Russias rearmament and modernisation "in several disciplines" as a worrying development.

The Pentagon has given preliminary approval for the sale of $108 million worth of Hellfire Missiles and related support to the Australian government, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a press release.