Foreign Affairs

Washington: A class action lawsuit has been filed by six American troops on April 24 alleging the Pentagon is blocking their ability to use an expedited process to become naturalised US citizens. The lawsuit,...

New York: The US Navy hospital ship Comfort nearing end of its mission having been sent to relieve stress on New York City hospitals at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic is discharging or...

Washington: The findings of the investigation into the dismissal of former skipper of US Navy aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt has led the Navy leadership recommending on April 24 that Capt. Brett Crozier be reinstated...

New York: There is a move by the US Military Academy at West Point to test all cadets returning to graduate in June for the novel Coronavirus using two new GeneXpert devices procured after...

  New Delhi: Even as countries focus on battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan Navy continues to flex its muscles when on April 25 it successfully test-fired a series of anti-ship missiles in the North Arabian...

Washington: Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Missile Defence Agency's Next-Generation Interceptor (NGI) has been delayed but “is imminent” and will be released soon, the agency's director said. The RFP was to have been released...

New Delhi: There has been a spurt in social media messages targeting India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Pakistan continues to encourage terrorists across the Indo-Pakistan border, which Indian security agencies have...

  Washington: With the increasing COVID-19 threat in Afghanistan which appears ill-equipped to tackle it, the US has decided to withdraw nearly 1,000 its contractors from that country, said a top Pentagon official. "We just issued...

  Washington: In a tough message following the harassment by Iran’s 11 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels to six US warships in the Persian Gulf on April 15, US President Donald Trump tweeted while instructing...

Washington: With Pakistan history of nuclear proliferation being a cause of concern, the United States has suspended the export of nuclear byproducts under a blanket general licensing system to the former and led to...

  New Delhi. Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said his country did not require services of the Indian Army team for containing COVID-19 pandemic. ‘We do not need, rather we are sending teams to...

Washington. US Indo-Pacific Command’s sobering assessment demands urgent action as some leaders are already paying attention. Washington. Rep. Mac Thornberry, the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, released draft legislation that would require...

  New Delhi. China has begun delivering new VT4 main battle tank from the Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group Company Ltd, subsidiary of China North Industries Group Corporation (NORINCO), reports said. In mid-April, at the Chinese...