Beirut: – Senior US and Israeli officials involved in the plot to assassinate General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis have been killed. An extremists group avenged the killings of Soleimani and Muhandis. A Lebanon based website posted this information quoting the extremist organisation, Axis of Resistance. Soleimani and Muhandis were killed in a US drone strike in Iraq […]
New Delhi: – Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders are said to have discussed developments in the Indo-Pacific and Afghanistan. France has lost $40 billion worth of submarine contracts with Australia due to the AUKUS cooperation between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. […]
New Delhi: – The Indian Prime Minister has left to visit the United States given the upheavals in Afghanistan and the developments in the Indo-Pacific sector. The attention of the major countries in the world is focused on the bilateral talks between US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A QUAD meeting […]
New Delhi: – Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held telephonic discussions with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. The defence ministry said the talks were focused on bilateral defence cooperation and developments in Afghanistan. Rajnath Singh and Lloyd Austin are also said to have discussed counter-terrorism activities in the sector. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon be paying […]
Barksdale: Most advanced B52 Stratofortress bomber of the US Air Force with enormous firing capacity and 320 airmen have been deployed in the Guam base of the Pacific Ocean. This is to support the Bomber Task Force (BTS) missions of the Indo-Pacific region, as per US Air Force. Since the deployment, the B-52 bomber has […]
Tokyo/Beijing – Japan once again proposed increasing their defence budget to counter sustained expansionist activities of China for a few years. Japan’s defence ministry has proposed an increased defence budget of $50 billion for 2022. The Defence Ministry explained increased funding is needed for advanced F-35 fighter jets, modernization of destroyers and space security. Over […]
Wellington – Indian Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh, said that terrorism has become the national policy of the neighbouring country. The country’s goal is to target India by providing weapons, money and training to terrorists. This leads to a tremendous change. With this in mind, India has changed its defence policy. Avoiding direct naming, the defence […]
Tokyo/Guam/Beijing – While China is increasing its pressure on ASEAN countries, including Taiwan, by raising the issue of Afghanistan, the United States has taken an aggressive stance, with its allies, on the issue of Indo-Pacific. In the past few weeks, the United States has launched a series of naval exercises in the Indo-Pacific region to […]
Washington/Kabul: – Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has made shocking statements about the security of US citizens in the Afghan capital, Kabul. There are still 15,000 Americans in Afghanistan. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said that protection cannot be provided until they arrive at the airport in Kabul. The US State Department has issued a similar […]
Beijing/Moscow: – China and Russia have announced increase military cooperation. Sources in the respective countries said that the issue was discussed at a meeting between the countries’ defence ministers on Friday. The meeting, which followed a meeting of senior officials from the QUAD Group of the United States, Japan, Australia and India, is noteworthy. In […]