Foreign Affairs

Belfast: Ahead of the NATO Heads of State Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, the groupings Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is expected to get a third term to lead the alliance for an additional year, which...

Richmond: Facing a September 30 deadline to eliminate remaining chemical weapons under the International Chemical Weapons Convention which took effect in 1997 and was joined by 193 countries, workers at the Blue Grass US...

Vilnius/Washington: Just as hopes of Sweden joining NATO appeared to be receding, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to allow Stockholm’s alliance membership request to move forward, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said July 11. While...

Dhaka: Bangladesh is all set to settle trade with India in Rupee from July 11, a move to cut their reliance on the American currency, which was involved in nearly 90 per cent of...

Kuala Lumpur: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh July 10 held discussions with his Malaysian counterpart Mohamad Hasan here on the roadmap for the 4th Decade of the India-Malaysia Defence Cooperation. Earlier, Rajnath Singh received the Main...

Belfast: Militarily neutral nations of Austria and Switzerland have both signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to join the German-led European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) based around development of a common ground-based air defence...

  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...