Foreign Affairs

Washington: The Pentagon attempted to reassure its international partners in the F-35 program that there is no “kill switch” on the stealth fighter jet that the US could use to render it ineffective —...

Tel Aviv: The US wave of strikes on targets of the Houthi rebels in Yemen continued on March 16. Reports from Yemen claim that at least 50 people were killed so far including some...

Tel Aviv: The Israeli Navy and Air Force are on high alert to act against any attempt of the Houthi rebels in Yemen to attack Israeli cargo ships in the Red Sea. This comes after...

Jeddah: Senior officials from Ukraine and the United States opened talks focused on ending Moscow’s three-year war against Kyiv, hours after Russia shot down over 300 Ukrainian drones. It was Ukraine’s biggest attack since...

The Hague: The German military continued its rearmament but still suffered from serious personnel shortages last year, a report presented to the country’s parliament showed. The paper also detailed the European power’s more assertive...

New Delhi: India and Brazil are nearing the finalisation of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) focused on the maintenance of Scorpene-class submarines, marking a significant step in their growing defence partnership. This collaboration aims to...

It could be none other than Ukraine and its current political leadership, which will have to navigate its way out of over three-year long war with Russia. This message is becoming louder and clearer...

Tel Aviv: The US State Department is offering up to $15 million for information that could disrupt financial networks supporting a drone-production arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) elite Quds Force. The company...

Stockholm: Ukraine became the world's largest importer of major arms in the periods 2020-24, with its imports increasing nearly 100 times over compared with 2015-19. European arms imports overall grew by 155 per cent...

The European Union stands at a pivotal moment as it confronts significant decisions regarding its strategic autonomy. The EU is preparing to allocate substantial funds to rearm its member states and bolster collective defence....

Washington: President Donald Trump announced the creation of a shipbuilding office in the White House centred on revitalising the nation’s commercial and naval shipbuilding industry. “To boost our defence industrial base, we are also going...

Washington: South Carolina-based US Navy contractor KEEL is planning to invest $70 million in three new facilities totalling 60,000 square feet focused on submarine and aircraft carrier component manufacturing in Charleston, the company’s chief...

New Delhi: The European Union's ambitious €800 billion defence spending plan presents a significant opportunity for Indian defence companies. The massive rearmament effort, aimed at enhancing military capabilities and supporting Ukraine, is expected to lead...