OSLO, Norway, July 22 (UPI) -- Norwegian military officials say they want out of a U.N. rapid-deployment force known as the Multiple Standby High Readiness Brigade.

BRUSSELS, July 7 (UPI) -- Turkmenistan buys six Russian multiple launch rocket systems; Belgian army plans new streamlined structure; Italy to help Turkey build attack helicopters; Study urges more Finnish-Swedish-Norwegian defense cooperation

BRUSSELS, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- The British government will allocate an additional $811 million for defense spending this year.

BERLIN, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- What may turn into a Cold War-like resource conflict started quietly, with a vehicle called "Peace 1" some 2,500 miles below the North Pole. The Mir 1 miniature submarine, manned with three Russian scientists, on Aug. 2 planted a titanium capsule with a Russian flag into the seabed -- a symbol for Russia’s controversial claim of the vast resources that are believed to be stored below it.

OSLO, Norway, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A financial crunch has led Norway's military to announce Wednesday it is withdrawing from two scheduled NATO military exercises this year.