Australia onboard for Malabar naval exercise, first `Quad’ military wargames next month
NEW DELHI: Marking a significant shift in policy, India has invited Australia to participate in the annual Malabar series of naval exercises, marking the first time that the ‘Quad’, which in... Read more
The Taliban launched a major offensive in the southern province of Helmand in a bid to take its capital, prompting U.S. air strikes in support of Afghan security forces, which were being ove... Read more
China’s People’s Liberation Army prepares for possible military invasion of Taiwan
HANOI: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, in his first overseas summit since taking office last month, agreed with his Vietnamese counterpart to step up defence and security cooperation... Read more
Army commanders to deliberate on border row with China at 4-day conference
op commanders of the Army will extensively deliberate on the border row with China in eastern Ladakh as well as on a slew of long-pending reform measures like cutting down on ceremonial prac... Read more
Arrest of former Mexican defence minister shakes military
The arrest of Mexico’s former defence minister in the United States on charges that he protected a drug cartel in exchange for bribes is a blow to Mexico’s military, one of the few instituti... Read more
Need to restore peace along LAC: S Jaishankar
External affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday the immediate focus should be on restoring peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) as settling the complicated b... Read more
India successfully test-fires naval version of BrahMos from indigenous warship
A NAVAL version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired on Sunday from the Navy’s indigenously built stealth destroyer INS Chennai, hitting a target in the Arabi... Read more
China’s People’s Liberation Army prepares for possible military invasion of Taiwan
BEIJING: The presence of the People’s Liberation Army is increasing in China’s southeast coast as it prepares for a possible military invasion of Taiwan, according to the defense... Read more
Prithvi-2 missile, capable of carrying nukes, blasts off from Odisha in user trial
India on Friday successfully conducted another night trial of its nuclear-capable Prithvi-2 missile as part of a user trial for the armed forces from a test range in Odisha coast. Friday eve... Read more
CPEC set for expansion: China-Pakistan plans additonal road networks
New Delhi: Pakistan and China have decided to expand the multi-billion-dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as the Imran Khan government decided to take up at least three major roa... Read more









