Foreign Affairs

  Warsaw: As Russia’s military activities in the Baltic and Black seas are mounting pressure on NATO’s eastern flank, a number of Eastern European countries are developing programmes to acquire unmanned aerial vehicles for their...

  Washington: About three-quarters of US adults say they support bringing home the troops of the country from Iraq and Afghanistan in a new poll commissioned by the libertarian Charles Koch Institute. The poll, which surveyed...

  New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is likely to travel to Russia next month to take part in foreign ministers’ meetings of two international groupings where his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, too, is...

  At a time when India-China military standoff, if not inclusive but in restricted form, has caught whole gamut of attention not only in India but across the world, the potentialities of strategic partnership of...

  Manila: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has banned joint military exercises with the United States in the South China Sea, where American officials seek to aid the Philippines in territorial disputes with China. "President Rodrigo Duterte...

  Washington: The United States is developing new options for arms customers as a way to ensure allies and partners don’t drop planned procurement as the world economy remains in shock from the impact of...

  Washington: After years of lower-power field tests and more than one thousand hours of soldier feedback, the US Army is on track to field-test two different types of high-energy lasers in 2022: a 50-kilowatt...

  Washington: President Donald Trump said he expects US troop strength in Afghanistan could be under 5,000 by Election Day in November and called America’s involvement in the Middle East “the single biggest mistake in...

  Hongkong: The United States sent 67 large reconnaissance planes to the South China Sea in July, a sharp increase on the previous two months, says a Chinese think tank. The planes included the US Navy’s...

  Washington: The US Army is developing long-range hypersonic and intermediate-range anti-ship weapons as key components of its emerging strategy in the Western Pacific, the service’s top officer said last week. These changes include establishing joint...

  Washington: US President Donald Trump, in a recent memo, asked executive departments to report back by early August on how they can develop a US "fleet" of icebreaking ships to navigate the frozen Arctic...

New Delhi: Sounding a note of caution on Chinese activities, defence and strategic experts on August 3 said that China's posturing in the Indian Ocean will disturb stability and peace in the region. Former Commandant...

Washington: The Republicans' proposed Coronavirus relief package in the Senate includes $29 billion for the Pentagon, including nearly $8 billion in procurement and acquisition funding for major weapons and aircraft programs. The appropriations legislation would...