Foreign Affairs

  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...

Tel Aviv. Israel has begun the transfer of the Rafael Iron Dome rocket interception system to the US army. On August 3, an Antonov 225 cargo aircraft landed at Ben Gurion international airport. The...

  Tokyo: With China and North Korea developing new weapons that are harder to intercept through traditional methods, Japan is now looking forward to develop new systems to head off missile threats in enemy territory. According...

The recent stand-off between India and China saw greater display of military power between the two nations on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the border region. Both the states have displayed their...

  Tel Aviv. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israeli police anti-terror unit are using a special simulation site to train and prepare for special operations. Maj. General (Ret.) Avi Mizrahi, who was the commander...

  Tel Aviv. Israel is worried from the constant flow of US made military systems to Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah. The new source- weapons that the US armed forces have transferred to the Iraqi army. According...

Tokyo: In what is seen as further strengthening of US – Japan defence relations, the US military will help Japan monitor “unprecedented” Chinese incursions around East China Sea islands controlled by Tokyo but claimed...

  Kabul: Taliban said on July 28 that they would observe a three-day cease-fire this week during the festival of Eid al-Adha as Afghanistan’s president suggested the long-delayed talks between his government and the insurgents...

  New Delhi: In a significant development, Australia became the first country outside the South China Sea region to approach the United Nations over China’s territorial claims and development of artificial islands in the area...

    October of 1917, Russia had its first tilt towards communism. Lenin overthrew Tsars Nicholas ll and invoked Marxism and this paved the way for other communist revolutions in the world, In 1919, two years...

  Washington: More than three years after the newest -- and most expensive -- aircraft carrier was supposed to be delivered to the US Navy with 11 working weapons elevators, it has crossed the halfway...