Foreign Affairs

  Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has acknowledged that he and US military leaders warned Russian officials against offering bounties to militants for killing American and coalition troops in Afghanistan, more than a...

  Tel Aviv. A long covert process by the Israel Mossad intelligence organization culminated in an agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on August 13 to reach full normalization. The breakthrough was announced...

  Tel Aviv. Israel is upgrading its multi-tiered ballistic missiles defence system. On August 12 an Arrow 2 ballistic missiles interceptor performed a successful intercept test. The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO), of the Directorate of...

  New Delhi: In a violation of international law and defiance of its own Constitution, Pakistan has given a free hand to Chinese mining companies to plunder natural resources in the occupied Gilgit Baltistan (GB)...

  New Delhi: Sino-Pakistan camaraderie is indeed a known factor but has little impact on the Islamic nation though it has cost them downslide of relations with many others, including the United States. Even after repeated...

  Washington: Indian parent American Senator Kamala Harris, named by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as his running mate, has staked out positions against increases in defence spending but supported boosting the Department of Veterans...

Tel Aviv. The Directorate of Security for the Defense Establishment, in cooperation with additional security institutions, has thwarted a cyber-attack targeting Israel's leading defense industries. Following an investigation of the case, it has been discovered...

Belgrade: Serbia is considering buying a modern Chinese air defence missile system, the Serbian president said on August 11, as the United States warned that such deals with China could jeopardise the Balkan country’s...

  Washington: An aerospace company called Hermeus announced a contract with the US Air Force and the Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate to develop a hypersonic aircraft for the presidential fleet. Hermeus said it won the...

  New Delhi: In another exercise of muscle flexing, Chinese air force jets briefly crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait on July 10 and were tracked by Taiwanese missiles, Taiwan's government said, as US...

  Moscow: Russia will perceive any ballistic missile launched at its territory as a nuclear attack that warrants a nuclear retaliation, the military warned in an article. The harsh warning in the official military newspaper Krasnaya...

  Beirut. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab on August 10 stepped down from his job in the wake of the disastrous Beirut port explosion that triggered public fury, saying he has come to the conclusion...

Tel Aviv. Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) second F-35 (ADIR) squadron has been declared operational. Squadron 116, the "Lions of the South", went through a lengthy process during which its personnel gained experience in various fields,...