World Military News
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Afghan Taliban attempts to gain more districts, facing counter-offensives from gov't forces
Taliban militants have been intensifying activities to capture more districts, as the U.S. troops are completing the pull-out from Afghanistan.
2021-07-14 16:57 -
Lavrov disapproves of U.S. military presence in Central Asia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that the presence of U.S. military forces in Central Asia "would not meet the region's security interests."
2021-07-13 00:57 -
Rwanda sends troops to Mozambique
Rwanda on Friday deployed 1,000 members of the army and police to Mozambique to help the southeast coastal nation fight terrorism and insecurity in its northern Cabo Delgado province.
2021-07-11 17:46 -
Nuke envoys of S. Korea, U.S. hold phone talks on peninsula issue
Nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States held phone talks early Thursday on the Korean Peninsula issue, according to Seoul's foreign ministry.
2021-07-08 16:32 -
US troops to leave Afghanistan by end of August
The United States expects to finish withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan by the end of August, officials said Friday, after announcing all American and NATO soldiers had left the conflict-scarred nation's biggest air base.
2021-07-03 21:01 -
Iranian Navy kicks off military drill in Caspian Sea
Iranian Navy on Wednesday kicked off a military exercise in the Caspian Sea in the north of the country.
2021-06-30 23:25 -
German military completes withdrawal from Afghanistan
The German military late on Tuesday concluded its withdrawal from Afghanistan after almost two decades, finishing Germany's deadliest military mission since World War II.
2021-06-30 16:07 -
Security Council renews mandate of UN Disengagement Observer Force
The Security Council on Tuesday renewed the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for six months, until Dec. 31, as it continues to monitor the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights.
2021-06-30 15:39 -
Security Council renews sanctions on DRC, extends expert group mandate
Renewing the sanctions regime imposed on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Security Council on Tuesday also extended by 12 months the mandate of the Group of Experts overseeing their implementation.
2021-06-30 15:37 -
Rocket fire targets American base in E Syria after U.S. missile strike
Rocket fire targeted a U.S. military base in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Monday evening, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
2021-06-29 15:32 -
U.S. conducts airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Syria: Pentagon
The U.S. military conducted airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region, the Pentagon said on Sunday.
2021-06-28 16:58 -
Top secret defense documents of UK warship found at bus stop
Classified documents from the UK's Ministry of Defence containing information about naval ship HMS Defender that entered disputed waters off the coast of Crimea on Wednesday were found at a bus stop in Kent, southern England, and handed to the BBC.
2021-06-28 01:02 -
Serbian Army completes biggest joint tactical exercise in decades
Serbian Army completed on Sunday a joint tactical exercise "Lightning Strike 2021" at the Pester training ground in the southwestern part of the country, said the government in a press release.
2021-06-27 23:49 -
Iran says nuclear deal salvageable but will not 'negotiate forever'
Iran on Saturday said it believes that a reinstatement of its 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers is possible, but warned that it "will not negotiate forever."
2021-06-27 19:16 -
Biden meets Afghan leaders as security situation deteriorates
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday met with Afghanistan's top leaders, as U.S. troops have been withdrawing from the nation and the security situation there worsens.
2021-06-26 17:04 -
UN envoy regrets lack of progress in Syrian political process
UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen on Friday regretted the lack of progress in the political process after a decade of war.
2021-06-26 16:09 -
Colombia's president survives attack on helicopter
Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Friday that a helicopter carrying him and several other officials was struck by multiple bullets in the southern Catatumbo region.
2021-06-26 15:01 -
Russia: Britain, U.S. are trying to incite Black Sea conflict: RIA
Russia on Friday accused Britain and the United States of trying to incite conflict in the Black Sea and said it would defend its borders by all possible means, including with its military, RIA cited Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying.
2021-06-25 17:02 -
Serious differences remain over Iran nuclear deal talks: senior U.S. official
The United States and Iran still have serious differences in restoring the 2015 Iran nuclear deal after six rounds of talks, a senior State Department official said on Thursday.
2021-06-25 15:09 -
UN opens office for counter-terrorism, training in Morocco
A UN office for counter-terrorism and training was inaugurated on Thursday in Rabat, as a training hub to build counter-terrorism capacities and boost cooperation in the African continent.
2021-06-25 15:06 -
Russia to strengthen military capabilities to counter NATO threat
Russia has no other options than to strengthen its military capabilities amid an increasing threat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said Thursday.
2021-06-24 21:55 -
Libya peace talks in Berlin: Progress reported on removal of foreign fighters
Libya's foreign minister said on Wednesday international powers had made progress at talks in Berlin on the removal of foreign fighters from the country, although a final communique from the UN-backed conference specified no concrete new measures.
2021-06-24 17:04 -
DPRK considers contact with U.S. a waste of time
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is not considering any contact with the United States that would only waste time, Foreign Minister Ri Son Gwon said on Wednesday.
2021-06-24 17:01 -
Chinese envoy calls for removal of sanctions against Syria
A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called for the expansion of cross-line humanitarian assistance within Syria and the removal of unilateral sanctions against the country.
2021-06-24 15:00 -
Russian military ship 'fires warning shots' at UK Royal Navy destroyer in the Black Sea
A Russian military ship fired warning shots at a British Royal Navy destroyer as it entered Russian waters in the Black Sea on Wednesday, followed by a fighter jet dropping bombs in the path of the British vessel, according to Russia's Defense Ministry.
2021-06-23 21:06 -
Security situation in Afghanistan worsens as Taliban intensifies activities
The Taliban militants have intensified activities since the start of the U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan on May 1 and have overrun numerous districts as the armed group's former foes prepare to fight back.
2021-06-23 20:56 -
UN envoy sees dire situation in Afghanistan
The UN secretary-general's special representative for Afghanistan warned on Tuesday that the situation on the ground in the country is dire.
2021-06-23 17:08 -
Boeing to deliver 14 Chinook helicopters to UK air force
Boeing said on Tuesday that it has been awarded a 578-million-U.S.-dollar Foreign Military Sales contract to deliver 14 extended range Chinook helicopters to the United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF).
2021-06-23 16:00 -
Putin says NATO degrades European security
The entire system of European security has been significantly degraded, while tensions are rising and the risks of a new arms race are becoming real, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
2021-06-22 22:21 -
U.S., ROK consider dropping controversial DPRK coordinating group
The United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have agreed to consider ending a working group established to coordinate the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) policy, the ROK's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
2021-06-22 15:53 -
UN envoy sees progress in South Sudan amid security concerns
The top UN envoy in South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, on Monday reported progress in South Sudan and voiced concern over the security situation in the country.
2021-06-22 15:38 -
Hamas chief says meeting with UN delegation on Gaza's humanitarian situation "completely negative"
Yehya Sinwar, leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, said on Monday that his meeting with a UN delegation over Gaza's humanitarian situation was "completely negative."
2021-06-21 22:03 -
Iran talks show positive signal, say officials
"We are closer to an agreement ever than before, but bridging the gaps ... requires decisions by the parties," said senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi, adding that some issues still need to be resolved.
2021-06-21 15:38 -
Iranian negotiator says documents for nuke deal "almost ready": media
Senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday that documents for an agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, commonly known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), are almost ready, official IRNA news agency reported.
2021-06-20 23:02 -
New U.S. nuke envoy in Seoul to discuss stalled nuclear negotiations
The newly appointed U.S. special representative for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) policy, Sung Kim, arrived in Seoul on Saturday for talks with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts. Officials are meeting to initiate a coordinated strategy to resume nuclear diplomacy with Pyongyang.
2021-06-20 19:08 -
World Refugee Day: How many people were displaced amid the COVID-19 pandemic?
"Wars, violence, persecution, and human rights violations" amid the pandemic led to a record high of 82.4 million people being displaced by the end of 2020, according to the latest data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
2021-06-20 17:54 -
Germany, UN to host Libya peace talks
In the upcoming week, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will host the second Libya conference in Berlin.
2021-06-20 16:49 -
Russia to leave Open Skies Treaty on Dec. 18
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that the country will officially withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies on Dec. 18 this year.
2021-06-19 19:17 -
U.S. fails to recognize its own human rights' violations, says senior UN advisor
The United States, instead of recognizing its own violations of human rights, criticizes other countries with "biased" human rights application, a senior United Nations (UN) advisor told Xinhua in a recent email interview.
2021-06-19 16:53 -
Guterres appointed as UN secretary-general for a second term
The UN General Assembly unanimously elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of the 193-member organization beginning on January 1, 2022.
2021-06-18 23:35