Foreign Affairs

&It is not usual for India to fluster China in its own backyard in the Southeast Asian region. But recently, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar deliberately chose to do so to unsettle China when...

Tel Aviv, Israel. Using a radar manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a world-class aerospace and defence company, which located an aerial threat, the Israel Navy was successfully able to intercept the threat. IAI’s...

Washington: When US Navy  destroyers The Sullivans and Delbert D. Black deployed in the fall to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, they joined the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group that was already well into...

National Harbour: The US Navy and Marine Corps will study amphibious warship readiness and how the services can get ahead of ship maintenance challenges, a top Navy officer told reporters. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral...

London: Britain’s Ministry of Defence has confirmed that software-update problems in the F-35 program will hit aircraft deliveries, though a key official said the delay is unlikely to affect the timing for proclaiming the...

Paris: France’s top defence official warned industry that he’s prepared to requisition “personnel, stocks or production tools” from his nation’s defence industries and their subcontractors if weapons production rates are not improved. Sébastien Lecornu, France’s...

Pyongyang: North Korea leader Kim Jong Un attended and oversaw the test launch of a brand new intermediate-range solid fuel missile that carried a hypersonic warhead on April 2, the country's official state media...

Male: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has said that Indian military personnel manning the second aviation platform would be withdrawn "within the current month" and reiterated that the entire process would be completed by May...

  Washington: The US Navy April 2 released a rare public accounting of major delays for key shipbuilding programs, with ships from nine programs running behind, in some cases up to three years.   In total, the...

Rajkot: External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar reiterated India's growing stature in the world and referred to the BRICS summit which was held under the presidency of South Africa last year, recounted the incident when...

New Delhi: The Chinese military will conduct a joint live ammunition drill on April 2-3 on the Chinese side of the China-Myanmar border, Global Times reported April 1. The drill will be conducted from...

Hong Kong: Chairman Xi Jinping, as part of his hardening stance against the Philippines, has obviously instructed agencies like the China Coast Guard (CCG), which is directly under his command, to demonstrate greater vigour...

Christchurch: Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri announced on March 28 that it has signed a contract to provide the Indonesian Navy with two 4,900-ton PPA ships, although the government has not yet funded the purchase. The...