Foreign Affairs

Washington:  The US Navy’s message to industry is coming through: the service is committed to buying and operating small unmanned systems on and under the water. What’s less clear is how the Navy will procure...

Rome: Italy’s bid to master underwater drone technology has taken a step forward as local firms team up to respond to series of sub-sea Navy tenders, although an industry spokesman has said investment still...

Washington: The Air Force and Space Force launched a generative AI tool, encouraging airmen and guardians to experiment with using the technology for tasks like summarizing reports, IT assistance and coding. The services want to...

Washington: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their fiscal year 2025 State Department spending bill this week, which will be considered by the full committee next week, with sections demonstrating the continued US interest in...

  Male: The Maldives Parliamentary Committee has passed a resolution to investigate the previous government's agreements with India, local media reported. This report comes on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's oath ceremony, which...

Moscow: India participated in the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting which began in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod on June 10, the first assignment for India's foreign policy under the historic third consecutive term of Prime Minister...

New Delhi: The new government has a tough battle ahead in not only countering China and standing up to it in a hostile neighbourhood but also in making tough decisions on its strong ally...

Taipei: In a sharp response to China's protest over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reply to Taiwan President Lai Ching Te's congratulatory message, Taipei said that Beijing's actions are "utterly unjustified." The Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Basco (Philippines): A Philippine fishing vessel was traversing Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea when two Chinese Coast Guard ships fired water cannons at both sides of the boat. The incident, which took...

Washington: There’s a lesser-known Pentagon agency which plays a key role in enabling small business hoping to break into the multi-billion dollar defence contracting arena. The Defence Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA),  nicknamed America’s gatekeeper,...

Milan: Finland is the latest Nordic country to beef up its coastal defence with the planned acquisition of over a dozen self-propelled artillery systems to protect the country’s territorial waters in the Baltic Sea. The...

Tel Aviv: When all indications are that Iran is "inches" from a nuclear device, the understanding in some parts of the western world is changing – more and more voices call for a military...

Amid a shifting and increasingly competitive global landscape, technology cooperation has emerged as a vital component of the United States–India strategic partnership. In May 2022, the two countries announced the US-India Initiative on Critical...