Foreign Affairs

Tel Aviv: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have exposed the largest tunnel under Gaza , part of what is referred to as "Metro City". The tunnel was built by the Hamas terror organisation. The...

  Call it the US’s Cold War era mindset or Washington DC’s uncanny ability to cut the same branch of the tree on which it sits; it has risked to challenge its ties with India...

Tel Aviv: Israel is frustrated by the "foot dragging" of the US in response to the hostilities initiated by the Houthi rebels in Yemen. This Iran proxy is launching ballistic missiles to hit targets...

Tel Aviv: While the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) tanks and armoured vehicles are protected by active protection systems against rockets and missiles, infantry soldiers and civilians have become targets for these missiles operated by...

  The inaugural session of The Siang Dialogue 1.0 titled “The Namsai Note” kicked-off the conference on December 8. It was aimed to stimulate discussions towards the strategic importance of attending to India’s neighbourhood besides...

Tel Aviv: Iran feels that its new alliance with Russia gives it the freedom to enhance terror activities using its many proxies. This results in a reassessment of the US and Israel relations to...

Washington: The US Senate on December 7 overwhelmingly voted down a bill 13-84 that would have required President Joe Biden to withdraw the roughly 900 troops stationed in Syria. Sen. Rand Paul, secured a vote...

Washington: The $874.2 billion fiscal 2024 National Defence Authorisation Act, finalised in conference late December 6, would fully authorise the trilateral AUKUS agreement with Australia and Britain and codify into law a new nuclear...

Port Louis: The National Security Advisers of India, Mauritius and Sri Lanka, as well as delegates from the Seychelles and Bangladesh December 7 participated in the 6th NSA-level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave...

Arlington: Even as efforts are on to formally acquire unmanned underwater vehicles from submarines, the US Navy continues experimenting with launching and recovering these vehicles. The Program Executive Office - Unmanned and Small Combatants is...

Washington: The US Army plans to start a new program in fiscal 2025 to develop and field a new high-altitude platform capable of deep sensing, according to Brig Gen Ed Barker, the service’s program...

Washington: Republican Senators Deb Fischer and Mitt Romney walked side by side as they hastily left the Biden administration’s classified briefing on a massive defence spending package that includes Ukraine and Israel aid, both...

Washington: With the US commercial maritime industry shrinking and the capability of shipyards constructing large, oceangoing military and commercial vessels declining from 30 to six, and their annual output from 60 to seven, according...