Foreign Affairs

Washington: Chairman of the US Senate Armed Services Committee said on February 24 he expects “some extension” of the US troop presence in Afghanistan beyond May, when a deal with the Taliban calls for...

  Tel Aviv. Israel Ministry of Defense and German Federal Ministry of Defense signed a government-to-government agreement to supply Rafael’s TROPHY active protection system to the German military for their fleet of LEOPARD 2 tanks....

  Tel Aviv. Israeli air force (IAF) major procurement program has been launched after many delays. The first program for the procurement of two Tanker jets was launched over the weekend with the signing of an...

  By far, the 21st century has been an age of black swans – From 9/11, the rise of China, the saga of Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, American nationalism, the Coronavirus pandemic, and what...

  The Gulf states are facing a new reality in their defence relations with the US and some are taking steps to deal with the new situation. The first to take action is Saudi Arabia....

Tel Aviv. The fast expanding military presence of Russia in Syria may soon become a clash point between Moscow and Washington. Syria is fully controlled by Russia and all signs point to a Russian intention...

New Delhi: Taiwan's air force scrambled on February 19 after eight Chinese fighter aircraft flew into the southwestern part of its air defence zone in another display of stepped-up military activity around the democratic...

  New Delhi: Having remained silent over the casualties in the clash with Indian troops in Galwan Valley on the Sino-Indian border along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in June last year, China’s People’s...

Washington: Newly-appointed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet virtually with his counterparts from Japan, Australia and India in the “Quad” framework, a grouping seen as part of efforts to balance China’s growing...

New Delhi: India which is one of the largest contributor of troops for United Nations peacekeeping operations has emphasised that the peacekeeping missions should not operate in perpetuity and there is urgent need for...

  Moscow: Sino-Indian relations are "complex" and the two nations cannot have a "normal" bilateral relationship if there is "transgression" in the border areas, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said in Moscow on February 17. Addressing...

  Tel Aviv. Israel needs to adapt its ballistic missile defences to new evolving threats mainly posed by Iran. It was announced on February 18 that Israel and the US have begun the development of the...

  Tel Aviv. Some steps taken by new American president Joe Biden are creating great concerns in Jerusalem. The last such step is the Biden administration decision to overturn the Trump decision declaring Yemen’s Houthi rebels...