Kuala Lumpur/Jakarta/Beijing: – The ASEAN countries have expedited their activities to retaliate against the Chinese actions in the South China Sea. Chinese aeroplanes tried to intrude into Malaysian airspace on Sunday. But the Malaysian air force drove the Chinese planes away. Malaysia has registered an official protest and summoned the Chinese Ambassador. Whereas, Indonesia is […]
Ankara/Warsaw: – Poland will be purchasing 24 Bayraktar TB2 combat drones from Turkey. An agreement to that effect was signed in a meeting held in Ankara on Monday. Poland becomes the first member of the European Union to purchase drones from Turkey. Before this, Turkey has supplied Bayraktar TB2 combat drones to Qatar, Azerbaijan and […]
Washington/Taipei: In 1958, the United States had planned to launch a nuclear bomb on China over the Taiwan issue, reported a leading US daily. The daily reported that American whistleblower and author Daniel Ellsberg had provided the information on the incident. Over the last few months, the Chinese military has consistently been conducting war exercises […]
Washington : Even after China threatened the US for patrolling in waters close to Taiwan, the US destroyer was found sailing in the South China Sea. On Thursday, the US destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur patrolled near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Moreover, the US Pacific Fleet informed that the patrol was part […]
Moscow/Damascus : The Russian military has intensified action against ISIS in Syria. In the last two days, the Russian fighter jets attacked at least 180 ISIS locations in Raqqah, Deir ez-Zor and Homs, informed the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. At the same time, reports revealed that the militants had escalated bomb attacks on the […]
Oslo/ London: NATO has taken an assertive stance against Russia, which amassed its troops in large numbers at the Ukrainian border and made aggressive moves. Two weeks ago, NATO member-nations had performed the ‘Defender Europe 21’ war exercise. Following that, now the ‘Formidable Shield’ war exercise has started in Norway and Scotland. Moreover, the ten-member […]
Tokyo : For the first time, Japan is hosting joint military drills with Australia, France and the United States, organised in the Kyushu region. The exercises, including participation from the Army, Navy and Air Force, are to continue for a week. Military think tanks from Japan have claimed the joint exercises between the four democracies […]
Jerusalem: – Palestinian protestors clashed with the Israeli police for the second successive night. It is claimed that at least 100 protestors have been injured. A rocket attack was launched on Israel in support of these protestors. Israel targeted Hamas’s locations in the Gaza Strip in the retaliatory airstrikes. The tension has increased between Israel, […]
Washington: The US Navy neutralised a destroyer with swarm drones off California coast. It was part of the US’ swarm drone test, and US magazine Forbes suggests it comes as a warning to China. US Navy carried out the test a week ago. A senior US Navy official said the test was conducted to evaluate […]
Dubai: Iranian supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, warned that conflict against the tyrant Israeli regime is a war against oppression and terrorism. Israel is not a country but a base of terrorists. Therefore, it becomes the responsibility of the population to participate in the conflict against such a government. If the Islamic countries cooperate to […]