Foreign Affairs

Paris: French carmaker Renault will start manufacturing long-range strike drones under a contract with the country’s Directorate General for Armament, and in partnership with local defence contractor Turgis Gaillard. Renault confirmed the plans after French...

New Delhi:The European Union has signalled its readiness to forge a robust new partnership with India, as articulated by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas. Speaking in the European Parliament,...

Tel Aviv: US Central Command (CENTCOM) and regional partners opened a new coordination cell at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to enhance integrated air and missile defence on January 12. This when Iran...

Washington:  The Pentagon’s embassy in Silicon Valley, the Defence Innovation Unit (DIU), is offering up to $100 million in prizes for companies to prototype new user-friendly “orchestrator” control software for whole formations of unmanned...

Washington: The US Navy is moving swiftly to integrate and deploy unmanned surface vessels (USV), with three USV divisions slated to be created next week and two medium USVs to be operating under fleet...

New Delhi:The European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are set to visit India for the 16th EU-India Summit on January 27.  They will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Tel Aviv: If the surprising initiative of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is implemented, the Israeli defence industry will be able to increase the purchase of European defence systems and enhance the joint development...

US President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw from 66 international organisations, calling them "anti-American" and contrary to US interests. Trump directed all executive departments and agencies...

India along with several countries denounced the US’s action on the Latin American country, Venezuela, which faced unprecedented ignominy when its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were abducted by American special forces and...

Tel Aviv: The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has modified its combat protocols as a result of an investigation into the force's part in the fighting that followed the October 7 Hamas attack on Israeli...

Tel Aviv: You only have to look at the map to understand the Israeli surprising move. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last week the official recognition of the Republic of Somaliland as...

India maintained a multi-aligned posture, strengthening ties across diverse blocs without committing to any single power during the past year. The strategic focus remained on managing relations with the US, China, and Russia, alongside...

Tokyo: Japan’s Cabinet approved a record defence budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defence with cruise missiles and unmanned arsenals...