World Military News
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Noble Partner 2022 multinational military exercise starts in Georgia
Georgia on Monday kicked off the Noble Partner 2022 multinational military exercise at the Vaziani military base near its capital Tbilisi.
2022-08-31 09:05 -
UN Security Council renews Mali sanctions
The UN Security Council on Tuesday renewed the travel ban and asset freeze imposed on individuals and entities obstructing implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, until Aug. 31, 2023.
2022-08-31 09:03 -
Graduation of unified forces ignites hope of peace, security in South Sudan
Columns of soldiers and police officers marching to martial and band music as President Salva Kiir and his entire cabinet watched on in amusement was the scene on Tuesday at the Dr. John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.
2022-08-31 09:03 -
UN envoy urges comprehensive manner to address situation in Syria
UN special envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen on Monday warned of troubling signs of recent military escalation in Syria, while calling for a comprehensive manner to address situation in the country.
2022-08-30 08:55 -
UN chief urges efforts to put nuclear test ban treaty into force
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on the world to bring into force a treaty to ban all nuclear tests.
2022-08-29 23:28 -
Egypt, U.S., Spain hold joint naval drills in Mediterranean
The Egyptian, U.S. and Spanish navies held a joint maritime exercise within the range of Egypt's Northern Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, said the Egyptian military on Saturday.
2022-08-28 20:46 -
UN official calls for cessation of military activities around Ukraine nuke plant
UN Undersecretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo on Tuesday called for the cessation of all military activities around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.
2022-08-24 08:45 -
Russian strategic bombers patrol Sea of Japan
Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers performed a scheduled flight above the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
2022-08-24 08:46 -
291 killed in clashes between Syrian army, IS in desert region: monitor
Up to 291 Syrian soldiers and Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in confrontations between the two sides since the beginning of this year, a war monitor reported on Friday night.
2022-08-21 00:21 -
Roundup: U.S. is biggest human rights saboteur in Middle East and beyond, experts say
Despite having long touted itself as a global human rights defender, the United States has, in actuality, been the biggest human rights violator, the very culprit behind many wars, massacres and tortures in the Middle East and beyond, Iraqi experts have said.
2022-08-19 10:35 -
S.Korea, U.S. launch annual military drills, protests aroused
The combined forces of South Korea and the United States on Tuesday launched annual military drills as planned, three days after liberal activists held a massive rally to protest against it.
2022-08-16 23:25 -
S.Korea, U.S. to launch preliminary drills ahead of major combined exercise
The combined forces of South Korea and the United States planned to launch four-day preliminary drills on Tuesday ahead of their major combined exercise set to begin next week, according to Yonhap news agency.
2022-08-16 14:46 -
Russia accuses British reconnaissance aircraft of border violation
An RC-135 reconnaissance plane of the British Royal Air Force illegally crossed Russia's state border in the Arctic area of Cape Svyatoy Nos, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
2022-08-16 11:31 -
S.Korea expresses regret over Japanese PM's offering to war-linked shrine
South Korea on Monday expressed regret over Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sending a ritual offering to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, seen as a symbol of the militaristic and colonial past of Japan.
2022-08-15 16:49 -
New evidence of Japan's wartime atrocities revealed
New evidence of atrocities during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) was recently released by the Museum of Evidence of War Crimes by Japanese Army Unit 731 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.
2022-08-16 11:30 -
Roll of Japanese chemical warfare unit disclosed
A roll of a Japanese chemical warfare unit was revealed for the first time in China on Monday.
2022-08-15 16:43 -
UN counter-terrorism chief urges non-military measures to address IS threat
The persistent threat posed by the Islamic State (IS), also known as Da'esh, calls for non-military measures to counter terrorism, the United Nations counter-terrorism chief said on Tuesday.
2022-08-10 09:16 -
Russia temporarily halts inspections of its facilities under New START treaty
Russia has temporarily withdrawn its facilities from inspections under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the country's foreign ministry said in a statement Monday.
2022-08-10 00:20 -
Iran does not seek nuke weapons: FM
Iran does not seek possession of nuclear weapons, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in a phone conversation with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday.
2022-08-08 09:50 -
Nigerian security forces kill gunmen, rescue kidnappees in northern state
Eight gunmen were killed and six kidnapped victims were rescued by the military and police in Nigeria's northern Katsina state, police said on Sunday.
2022-08-08 09:44 -
UN chief stresses critical role of strategic communications in UN peacekeeping
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday stressed the critical role of strategic communications in UN peacekeeping.
2022-07-13 16:32 -
Former U.S. national security advisor admits implication in plotting coups abroad
Former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton admitted Tuesday that he has helped plan coups abroad.
2022-07-13 16:30 -
U.S. anti-Iran approach runs against stated goal to revive nuke deal: Iranian spokesman
The recent remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden about maintaining economic and diplomatic pressures against Iran ran contrary to U.S. stated goal to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
2022-07-12 22:04 -
Iran kicks off annual naval drill in Caspian Sea
An Iranian navy commander on Friday announced the beginning of an annual naval exercise in the Caspian Sea, the semi-official Mehr News Agency reported.
2022-07-09 23:30 -
UN chief appoints new commander of UNMISS
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday appointed Lieutenant General Mohan Subramanian of India as the new force commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
2022-07-06 10:21 -
3 terrorists killed in military operation in NW Pakistan: army
Three terrorists were killed as the Pakistani military conducted a clearance operation in the country's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Saturday.
2022-07-04 09:55 -
Canada sends 2 ships to enhance NATO readiness in Baltic region
Two Canadian ships departed for a four-month deployment in the Baltic Sea and North Atlantic region on Operation Reassurance to enhance NATO readiness, the Canadian Defence Ministry said Sunday.
2022-06-27 18:47 -
Iran, EU say nuke talks to resume in days
Iran and the European Union announced here on Saturday the resumption of international negotiations in Vienna in the coming days to revive the Iranian nuclear pact.
2022-06-26 01:06 -
Turkey's concerns not eased on Finland and Sweden's NATO bid: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey's concerns over Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO were not responded to with any substantial steps.
2022-06-26 00:40 -
DPRK leader calls for bolstering military strength, self-defence capabilities
The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has called on the Korean People's Army to "improve the absolute power and the military and technical edge," the official Korean Central News Agency reported Friday.
2022-06-24 17:20 -
U.S. to send Ukraine more rocket systems in new weapons package
The United States will provide Ukraine with an additional 450 million U.S. dollars' worth of security assistance, including four more advanced rocket systems, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.
2022-06-24 11:38 -
Iran voices hopes for Vienna nuke talks to resume "in near future"
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday expressed hope for the nuclear talks in Vienna to resume "in the near future," state TV reported.
2022-06-23 23:25 -
Japan's Okinawa repeats call for scrapping plans to relocate U.S. base on the island
Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Thursday repeated its call on the Japanese government to scrap plans to relocate a U.S. military base within the prefecture.
2022-06-23 20:32 -
ASEAN defense ministers vow to strengthen bloc's centrality, unity
The defense ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) vowed on Wednesday to strengthen the bloc's centrality, unity and rules-based order for the benefit of the people in the region, said a joint declaration.
2022-06-22 17:28 -
ASEAN defense ministers' meeting kicks off in Cambodia
The 16th ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) kicked off here on Wednesday, with discussions focusing on key challenges and security in the region.
2022-06-22 15:45 -
Security Council condemns attack against UN peacekeeping mission in Mali
The Security Council on Monday strongly condemned Sunday's attack against the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, which left one peacekeeper from Guinea dead, as well as Saturday's attacks near Gao and near Bankass, in which dozens of civilians were killed.
2022-06-21 09:57 -
6 terrorists killed in clash with security forces in SW Pakistan
Six terrorists were killed in a clash with security forces in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Sunday, a military statement said.
2022-06-20 09:58 -
MONUSCO's withdrawal from DR Congo's Tanganyika province reflects security improvement: UN envoy
The withdrawal of the U.N. Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) from the eastern province of Tanganyika is good news as it reflects an improvement in the security situation, said Bruno Lemarquis, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DRC.
2022-06-20 01:06 -
Indian defense ministry says no rollback of new recruitment policy for armed forces
Amid the ongoing protests against the Indian government's new recruitment policy for armed forces, the defense ministry said on Sunday that the scheme would not be rolled back.
2022-06-20 00:57 -
Indian gov't offers more relaxations for recruitment scheme amid protests
In its second bid to curb the ongoing violent protests over the new recruitment scheme, the Indian government on Saturday announced a 10-percent reservation in defense ministry jobs for new recruits.
2022-06-18 21:49