Foreign Affairs

  Tokyo: In a defence white paper on security in the region, Japan has accused China of pushing its territorial claims amid the Coronavirus pandemic. It highlighted the growing Chinese aggressiveness and its naval activities in...

  Washington: Sino-US relations deteriorated further with the Trump administration stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them by rejecting outright nearly all of Beijing’s significant maritime claims in the South...

  Washington: More than 4,100 US service members have tested positive for Coronavirus since July 1, according to the Defense Department’s latest statistics, a rise of about 33 per cent in the last 10 days....

  Tel Aviv. In order to achieve its goal of full control on Syria, Russia is operating one division of the Syrian army as part of the Russian army. This unprecedented move emphasises, according to...

  Washington. Speaking publicly for the first time Pentagon’s top civilian and top uniformed official on July 9, about recent reports that Russia’s military intelligence agency had put bounties on US troops fighting the Taliban...

Israel has stepped up its efforts to convince the US to cut all military assistance to Lebanon, claiming that the weapon systems that are transferred to this country's armed forces are further transferred to...

  London. An year long embargo on export military equipment to Saudi Arabia by Britain has been lifted, the government announced on July 7. The sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia were banned in June...

  Washington. In a big boost to American defence companies despite the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, the US State Department announced on July 6 that it has approved almost $7.5 billion in potential foreign military...

  Beirut. In a move to reallocate resources to its defence forces, the Lebanese government plans to sell five outdated Air Force Hawker Hunter fighter jets and three Sikorsky S-61 helicopters , media reports said...

  Washington. Thomas Harker, the current US Navy comptroller, has been named the acting comptroller for the Pentagon. Harker was “designated the authority” of the undersecretary of defence (comptroller) role on June 26, according to a...

Berlin. The German government has paid more than $1 billion over the past decade to cover costs related to the stationing of US troops in Germany, according to the finance ministry in Berlin. The ministry...

Washington: China and the United States have accused each other of stoking tension in the strategic waterway at a time of strained relations over everything from the new Coronavirus to trade to Hong Kong. The...

  New Delhi: As part of its exercise to strengthen its armed forces, South Korea is planning to develop a new supersonic air-to-surface missile (ASM) that is expected to be carried by the country’s Air...