‘We’ll crush them!’ Greece threatens NATO ally Turkey over Aegean islets

Greece’s top military brass have fired off a set of unusually stern warnings to Turkey, threatening to crush its troops if they dare to land on any disputed islet in the Aegean Sea – but Ankara didn’t mince its words either. Reacting to violations of Greek airspace by Turkish jets over the Aegean, Defense Minister […]

Japan protests Russia naming 5 uninhabited Kuril islets

Tokyo issued a formal diplomatic protest after Russia’s prime minister gave names to five uninhabited islets in the Kuril chain. Japan still claims sovereignty over some of the islands in the chain, which it lost to Russia following World War II. On Saturday, the head of the Russian government, Dmitry Medvedev, signed a decree naming […]