Beijing: China announced sanctions against two US arms companies on selling weapons to Taiwan. The companies are Raytheon Technology and Lockheed Martin. This is the third time China has imposed sanctions against the US defence sector companies. Two weeks ago, the United States approved modernising Patriot Missiles System deployed in Taiwan. This agreement is worth […]
Manila/Warsaw: – Philippines has accelerated the modernisation of its defence forces given the hegemonic Chinese activities in the South China Sea. On Tuesday, the Philippines signed an agreement with Poland to purchase 32 Black Hawk helicopters. This is the third extensive defence agreement signed by the Philippines in the last four months. Earlier, the Philippines […]
Mandalay: – The local rebels opposing the Junta regime attacked China’s oil and gas pipelines in the Mandalay region of Myanmar. The pipeline suffered major damages in the attack. After that, the Myanmar army arrested 24 people in action carried out in the Na Nwin Taw Bo region. It has been the third attack on […]
Doha: – Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi is visiting Qatar. Besides, he signed an agreement regarding fuel gas cooperation. This is the first visit of the Iranian President to Qatar in the last 11 years. Local media has claimed that the Iranian President visited Qatar to improve relations with the countries in the Middle East. Whereas […]
Munich: – Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, ‘Some interested parties refer to the QUAD cooperation between India, the United States, Japan and Australia as Asian NATO. But one should not slip into it, underlining that the four-nation grouping is a kind of 21st century way of responding to a more diversified and dispersed […]
Beijing: – Prices of rare earth minerals, vital for the technology and defence equipment, have peaked to the highest levels in China. The Chinese mouthpiece said that the Rare Earth Minerals’ price has almost doubled compared to last year due to the jump in demand. Meanwhile, reports suggest that the Pentagon, the US defence headquarters, […]
New Delhi/Manila – Indian Minister of External Affairs’ visit to the Philippines, which has purchased BrahMos missiles from India to augment its naval strength, becomes significant. During the visit of Indian MEA S Jaishankar, both the countries agreed on cooperation in various other fronts along with the Indo-pacific sector. Considering the threat posed by the […]
Kabul/Islamabad: – Taliban and Pakistan had artillery fire exchange at the Durand Line. Senior journalists and analysts from Pakistan are warning that a conflict with the Taliban is inevitable. Taliban had uprooted the barbed wire fence at the Durand Line laid by Pakistan, claiming that the Taliban did not accept the border, just like the […]
Washington: – Pentagon has warned in its report that the monopoly of selected few companies in the defence sector is a threat to US security. The report advocates implementing policies to create healthy competition in the defence industry to break the monopoly. The report reveals that there were 51 companies listed as suppliers with the […]
Jerusalem – Morocco has now signed the Abraham Accord with Israel, following the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Morocco signed a defence agreement worth $600 million with Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) to purchase an air defence system. Under this agreement, it will buy Barak missiles from Israel. It is being said that Morocco has taken […]