Foreign Affairs

China Takes Strong Exception to India-US Military Drills Near LAC

Beijing: China has taken strong exception to the Indo-US military drills near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) saying it  was opposed to it asserting that it violates the spirit of the two border...

Anti-Lockdown Protests Intensifies Across China

Beijing: ‘We need democracy, rule of law, and freedom of expression!’ chant students at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Chinese president Xi Jinping’s alma mater; call for an end to lockdowns and mass testing gathers...

French Defence Minister Lecornu Boards Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant on India Visit, Bilateral, Regional and Defence Industrial Cooperation Issues Discussed with Defence Minister Rajnath...

New Delhi: As part of French move to strengthen Indo-French defence ties, the French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu visited India last week end and was on board aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on November 27. The ...

New Chinese Border Threat for India as Beijing Builds Massive Heliport in Northern Tibet: Report

  New Delhi: China is building a giant heliport at Golmud in northern Tibet within striking distance of its borders with India. The enormous heliport which is said to have 63 hangars is reckoned to...

UN Committee Calls for Probe into Xinjiang Rights Violation

  Geneva: A UN committee has called on China to immediately probe all allegations of human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), including those of torture, ill-treatment, sexual violence, forced labour, enforced...

Tracking Chinese Spy Ship Movements Amid Agni- III Missile Test

New Delhi:Two Chinese spy ships, Yuan Wang 6 and Yuan Wang 5, meander the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) following the first NOTAM (notice to airmen) issued by India near one of its missile launch...

Ukraine’s Allies Explore Balancing Support Amid Weapons Shortages

Halifax (Nova Scotia): Top defence officials in Europe say arms shortages among Ukraine’s Western allies are forcing difficult conversations about how to balance support for Ukraine with concerns Russia may target them next. NATO members...

India-ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Proposes Two Initiatives to Expand India-ASEAN Defence Relations

New Delhi: To commemorate the 30th Anniversary of India-ASEAN relations in 2022, also designated as ‘ASEAN-India Friendship Year’, the maiden India-ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting was held at Siem Reap, Cambodia. The meeting was co-chaired...

Big Defence Spender Serbia May Become Biggest Operator of Military Drones in Balkans

Milan: Amid rising tensions with Kosovo, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić's recent order to shoot down all UAVs found in no-fly zones and near military facilities, Iranian officials suggested that Serbia made a formal...

Year 2022 Was Huge in US-India Relations, 2023 Will be Bigger: Top US Official

Washington: The year 2022 was a huge year in Indo-US ties and the coming year would be even greater, says White House Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer who also applauded Prime Minister...

Alarmed by Iran’s New Effort to Create Massive Military Capability in Syria and Lebanon, Israel Intensifies Attack on Iranian Targets

Tel Aviv: Israel, according to foreign media has intensified its attacks aimed at foiling Iran's new major effort to create a massive military capability in Syria and Lebanon, not only by its local proxies,...

Why Work with Russia When it is Funding Iran?: US Undersecretary of Defence for Policy to Gulf States

Washington: In a keynote speech in Bahrain, the Pentagon’s top policy official argued that Gulf nations should be cutting ties with Russia over Moscow’s deepening military relationship with Iran. In prepared remarks Colin Kahl, undersecretary...

Lamborn Signals Continuity in House, Tows Harder Nuclear Line With Focus on Space

Washington: Doug Lamborn, the Colorado Republican who is expected to take over as chairman of the House strategic forces subcommittee next year, recently made clear that Space Force’s congressional overseers would continue their long-standing...
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