Foreign Affairs

Cologne: In a move aimed at NATO playing a bigger role in international affairs, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg wants the alliance to help nations in the Asia-Pacific region contend with China’s rise. “Military strength...

Wellington: New Zealand’s military said it will buy five Super Hercules transport planes from Lockheed Martin for US$1 billion. The planes will replace the military's existing fleet of Hercules, all of which are more than...

  Cologne: Amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, navies from 19 NATO members and partners kicked off the 2020 iteration of the “Baltic Operations” exercise which this year excludes any amphibious drills to avoid the risk...

  Melbourne: In case of inking of new strategic arms control treaty by China, it could lose almost all of its ballistic and cruise missiles says a new regional security assessment. The analysis titled “The End...

Hong Kong: Coinciding with the anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989, a US navy vessel sailed through the Taiwan Strait on June 4, the US and Taiwanese militaries have said. The Taiwan defence ministry...

New Delhi: There are about 6,500 Pakistanis as foreign terrorist fighters in Afghanistan including 1,000 belonging to Pakistan based terror groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba, says a UN Report. Most of the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba...

  Washington: As nation wide protests against the killing of African-American George Floyd by a policeman in Minnesota continued unabated, President Donald Trump on June 1 promised to mobilise active-duty military assets to deal with...

Washington: For the first time in a move to test homeland defences of US, an exercise brings four combatant commands together this week to simulate how the military would respond to an attack on...

Cologne: The defence plans of the European Union are back as revealed in a new budget proposal as the continent pushes to revive its economy following the Coronavirus crisis. Two flagship programmes — the European...

New Delhi: China’s only indigenously built aircraft carrier Shandong is carrying out sea trials to test weapons and equipment and enhance training of the crew, the country’s Defence Ministry said. Ministry spokesperson Ren Guoqiang said...

  Washington: Sino-US tensions continued to be on the boil as the US Navy once again challenged Chinese claims in the South China Sea sailing the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Mustin near the...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on May 29 had a telephonic talk with US Secretary of Defense Dr Mark T Esper at the latter’s request and discussed their governments tackling the COVID-19 pandemic...

Washington: The leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that he ordered his forces to potentially target the US Navy after President Donald Trump's tweet a day earlier threatening to sink Iranian vessels. The US...