Military
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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…
- India
China slams US General for calling its military build-up at India border ‘alarming’
Beijing: China on Thursday termed the critical remarks by a top US General on its infrastructure build-up at the Sino-India border as a “despicable act” and criticised the attempts of some American…
- World
China secretly building military facility in Cambodia, says report
Washington: China is building a naval facility in Cambodia for military use, the second such overseas outpost and its first in the strategically significant Indo-Pacific region. The military presence will be on…
- World
S.Korean, US navies hold combined exercise
Seoul: South Korea and the US staged a combined exercise in international waters off Okinawa this week, the military said on Saturday. The three-day exercise, which ended on Saturday, was aimed at…
- World
Russia’s top commander ‘suspended’, other generals ‘sacked or arrested’
Kiev: A top Ukrainian adviser has claimed that Russia’s top commander General Valery Gerasimov has been suspended, while a bunch of other officers have been sacked or arrested amid a rumoured purge…
- Middle East
Heavy fighting erupts in Yemen despite truce
Sanaa: Heavy fighting broke out between forces of the Yemen government and the Houthi militia despite a two-month truce brokered by the UN, a military source said. The fighting took place on…
- Pakistan
Pak Army warns against deliberate attempts to drag military into politics
Islamabad: The Pakistani military on Sunday warned politicians, journalists and analysts against dragging Pakistan Army and its leadership in the country’s political affairs, saying that the practice is “extremely damaging”, reports said.…
- World
UK PM Johnson addresses Ukraine Parliament, pledges more military support
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday became the first world leader to address the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, when he hailed the country’s finest hour in the conflict with…
- World
Rajnath Singh boasts of “strengthened” India-US military ties
New Delhi: Taking to social media on Thursday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh boasted of the “strengthened” military connection between India and the United States. “Visited various training sites of @USARPAC located around…
- World
Japan gets unofficial invite to join AUKUS military alliance
Tokyp: Japan has received an unofficial offer to become part of the AUKUS military bloc, which was formed last year by Australia, the UK and the US, media reports said. Several unnamed…
