Washington: The ‘Defence Budget’ presented in the US Congress includes the sanctions imposed against the Nord Stream 2 fuel pipeline. This inclusion becomes the boldest decision taken by the United States against the Russia-Germany fuel pipeline project, Nord Stream 2. Although the US Congress has imposed sanctions against the Russian and European companies connected to […]
Beijing: While appealing to the defence forces to be prepared for any war and new challenges, President Xi Jinping reiterated that the ruling communist party needs to have a strong grip on the defence forces. Since the last few years, President Jinping is appealing to the defence forces to be loyal to the Chinese communist […]
Washington/Tokyo: Senior US officials prompted Japan, to make changes necessary to its defence policy and its population aware of rising China threat. Also, Japan’s defence budget had many limitations because of the restrictions the allies had imposed after World War II. Japan had thus adopted a defensive policy over the past decades. Nevertheless, the Chinese […]
Moscow: Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov claimed that Russia could maintain its economic progress on the strength of its gold reserves, despite any slump in the oil prices, on the international level. Russia has a gold reserve of more than 2200 tonnes valued at USD 108 billion. At the same time, Russia has added to […]
For a nation to achieve all-round development as a society, sports play a role as important as arts. Sports, especially the outdoor games, hold unique importance in keeping the citizens of a nation healthy and ‘fit’. Knowing of it, after achieving independence, Israel gave importance to sports equal to that given to several art forms. […]
Israeli society, though appears much like any other society in the world, is deeply rooted in Judaism and is closely tied to the Jewish culture. As a result, tours are organized in Israel that showcase the Israeli culture that is blessed with thousands of years of rich heritage. Also held are the excursions which challenge […]
Beijing/Canberra: “Australia’s 28-year run of uninterrupted economic growth and expectations of a budget surplus this year proved Beijing and Canberra should look at each other’s development as an opportunity. Australia pats its own back showcasing the economic progress. But some people seem to have forgotten the reasons behind this success. Please remember that there is […]
Taipei: A few weeks ago, China warned Taiwan that, its risks a military annexation, if it rejects the offer for unification with mainland China. In light of this development, to increase its military deployment, Taiwan has announced a massive increase of 8.3% in its defence spending. Taiwan has announced a 13-billion-dollardefencespending for the year 2020. […]
Washington/Berlin/Warsaw: The US Ambassador threatened Germany and said that the United States would withdraw military deployment in Germany. The ambassador accused the Germany of spending all its funds on the internal matters, while the United States was spending its taxpayers’ money on the military deployment. US President Donald Trump had openly criticised the leading NATO […]
Washington: The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the proposal to use the funds of the defence department for President Trump’s ambitious Mexico Wall project. As per the Supreme Court ruling, $2.5 billion of defence department funds can be used for building the Mexico Wall. Reacting to it, President Trump called the verdict […]