Foreign Affairs

  Washington: US Navy aircraft carrier George Washington completed its flight deck certification in June, weeks after concluding an overdue maintenance availability in May. The certification, which requires the carrier air wing to demonstrate it can...

Washington: The Biden administration has decided to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine and is expected to announce that the Pentagon will send thousands as part of a new military aid package worth up to...

Dhaka: Top Indian and Bangladesh officials held detailed discussions on Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) issues here. Senior official of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary East, Saurabh...

Washington: The US Department of Defence said July 5 it is looking into updating the policies and procedures it uses to manage classified information following revelations earlier this year of a massive leak of...

Tel Aviv: After signing a contract to purchase the Israel made Arrow 3 ballistic missiles interceptor, Germany may soon decide to purchase additional Israeli made weapon systems. The Director General of the Israel Ministry of...

New Delhi: Ahead of the Prime Minister Modi’s visit to France, defence major Safran has received the green signal to jointly design, develop, test, manufacture, and finally certify an engine with India that will...

Washington: Despite planning to spend billions of dollars to develop artificial intelligence tools over the next several years, the Pentagon still lacks a department-wide acquisition strategy, potentially risking spending money on technologies that don’t...

Washington: The Biden administration is actively considering whether to provide Ukraine with controversial cluster munitions but has not reached a final decision, a senior US official said. The dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICMs) are surface-to-surface...

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will participate in a virtual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on July 4, Pakistan's foreign ministry...

Washington: Five years after the US military began to see a spike in reports of dangerous mental and physical effects experienced by troops in flight — particularly those in fighter and training jets —...

Beijing: Chinese President, Xi Jinping, will attend the virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), being hosted by India, next week, Foreign Ministry said June 30. "At the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra...

  Washington: The US Marine Corps will meet its recruiting goal for 2023, stands ahead of schedule for 2023 retention goals and already has reached more than a quarter of its retention goal for 2024. The...

New Delhi: In a veiled attack on Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India cannot have SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) meeting until one member continues to engage in acts...