Military
- India
Strengthening India’s military prowess govt’s top priority: Rajnath Singh
Itanagar: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that strengthening India’s military prowess has been the Narendra Modi government’s top priority ever since it came to power since 2014, with focus on…
- Pakistan
2 military personnel killed in terror attack in Pakistan
Islamabad: Two military personnel were killed when terrorists targeted security forces’ checkpost in South Waziristan district of Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said. The statement from the military media…
- India
Late Gen Bipin Rawat Military Garrison only the third to be named after people
Kolkata: India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), late General Bipin Rawat, has now got a military garrison close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China named after him. On Saturday,…
- Middle East
6 IS militants killed in operations in Iraq: Military
Baghdad: Iraqi forces killed six Islamic State (IS) militants in separate military operations in the north and west of the country, the military said. Acting on intelligence reports, the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi…
- Middle East
Islamic Jihad leader charged in Israeli military court
Tel Aviv: The Israeli Military Prosecution has filed an indictment against an influential senior official in the Islamic Jihad, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said. Bassam al-Saadi is accused of committing crimes…
- World
Imran being told to stop confrontation with military
Islamabad: There are some renewed efforts being made from within the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and by the Punjab Chief Minister to stop party Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan from confronting…
- Afghanistan
Taliban seized over $7 billion of US military equipment
Kabul: The United States provided more than $7 billion worth of military equipment to the former Afghan government, according to sources, much of it ended up in the hands of the Islamic…
- Pakistan
Pakistani news channel pulled off air for anti-military segment
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have suspended transmission of a leading television news channel after a segment was aired about the armed forces that were deemed a threat to national security. ARY News, which…
- Technology
Chinese hackers attack govt ministries, military plants globally
New Delhi: China-based hackers attacked military industrial plants, research institutes, government agencies and ministries in several countries and were able to even hijack the IT infrastructure of some, taking control of systems…
- World
China-Taiwan crisis: Taipie accuses China of simulation attack
Taipei: In manoeuvres around Taiwan on Saturday, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is performing “what it believed to be a simulation of an attack on Taiwan’s main island”, according to the Defence…
- India
India, China to hold 16th round of military talks at Chushul on Sunday
New Delhi: The 16th round of Corps Commander-level talks between India and China will be held on the Indian side at Chushul-Moldo Meeting Point on July 17, sources said on Friday. The…
- World
Ukraine’s military operation in Luhansk successful: Official
Kiev: Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych has describedmilitary operation in the key cities in the eastern Luhansk region as “successful”. “The defence of the Lysychansk-Severodonetsk agglomeration is a successful military operation,” Arestovych…
- World
UK announces further military support for Ukraine
London: The UK will provide another 1 billion pounds of military support to Ukraine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced at a NATO Leaders’ Summit in Madrid on Thursday. This latest funding…
- Middle East
Scores injured in explosion at chemical factory
Tehran: An explosion at a chemical factory in southern Iran injured scores of people, most of them lightly, the country’s state TV reported Tuesday. The report said a leak from an ammonium…
- World
Russia urges US to explain military biological activities
Moscow: Russia has asked the United States to explain its military biological activities in some post-Soviet countries. On Sunday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the United States must fulfill its obligations…
