Foreign Affairs

New Delhi: For the first time, South Korea has officially declared a national strategic roadmap to adopt nuclear-powered attack submarines, known as SSNs naval jargon. Seoul plans to launch its first boat in the mid-2030s,...

New Delhi: Pakistan is accelerating its procurement of Chinese long‑range and medium‑range missile systems (despite its abject failure to stop Indian missiles destroying key  Pak military assets) alongside Turkish drones and loitering munitions, a...

Washington: Over a decade after Syria agreed to dismantle its formidable chemical arsenal, international inspectors have uncovered scores of previously hidden chemical weapons materials as the country enters a fragile new phase marked by...

Mumbai: On June 4, 2026, a ceremony marking the start of construction of the first power unit of an integrated nuclear power plant (NPP) took place at the construction site in Farish District of Uzbekistan’s...

Tel Aviv: The Israel Ministry of Defence (IMOD) and the US Administration have launched formal talks on a new security cooperation framework to replace the existing MOU, which is set to expire in 2028. Leading...

Riga (Latvia): Exercising in Latvia’s dense pine and birch forests this week, local troops found themselves in an unfair fight against a new enemy: unmanned ground vehicles. As NATO tries to keep pace with fast-changing...

Laoag (Philippines):  A Japanese anti-ship missile smashed into and sunk a decommissioned Philippine naval vessel afloat in the South China Sea, headlining a culminating event of Exercise Balikatan 2026. This missile firing of the Japan...

Tel Aviv: Armenia is the launch customer for Iran's Majid AD-08 air defence system. Armenia publicly displayed the system at its Republic Day parade in Yerevan on May 28, 2026. The secret $500 million arms...

Singapore: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Asian allies to ramp up military spending to counter China’s growing power and prevent its dominance in the region, warning of “rightful alarm” over its rapid military...

Rostock (Germany):  The US and NATO allies will launch scaled-back drills in the Baltic Sea this week, as conflicts in other regions draw ships away, though the exercise will still send a message of...

Washington: The US Navy announced that it selected seven companies to compete for the service’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel contract. At-sea testing of the vessels is slated to begin next month, with companies whose...

Participating at the 23rd Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore on May 30, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth warned that the US would resume attacks on Iran if a satisfactory deal is not reached. Just...

Tel Aviv: Israeli company Uvision, announced the launch of CORTEX, a new active Battle Intelligence and Mission Management system designed to support next-generation multi-domain operations.  Building on the company’s previously unveiled Common Operating System concept,...