The armies of India and Oman are carrying out joint military exercises to acquaint themselves with each other's operating procedures to strengthen counter insurgency and counter terrorism capabilities, officials said Tuesday.
2017-03-07
NATO on Monday strongly condemned the most recent reported ballistic missile tests conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
2017-03-07
Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader of the DPRK, has supervised a ballistic rocket launching drill of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on spot, said the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Tuesday.
2017-03-07
The Egyptian-American military cooperation is expected to improve under the new U.S. administration of President Donald Trump, said Egyptian military experts.
2017-03-06
The DPRK has fired multiple ballistic missiles into east waters as combined forces of South Korea and the United States launched their joint military exercises, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of South Korea said Monday.
2017-03-06
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday and urge him to prevent Iran from establishing a military presence in Syria.
2017-03-05
A 70-strong combined force from KIA and TNLA attacked Panlot outpost in Kutkai township which is stationed to provide security measures for Lashio-Muse Union Highway in northern Shan state, official media reported Sunday.
2017-03-05
Norway will start its annual Joint Viking military exercise next week with British and U.S. forces also participating, the ministry of defence said Friday.
2017-03-04
Iran "successfully" tested the Russian-made S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system, Press TV reported on Saturday.
2017-03-04
The SPLA have arrested three of its troops they suspect having been carrying out mass rape of women and girls in a village some 50 kilometers southeast of the capital Juba in February.
2017-03-04
A total of 88 hectares' land costing about 900 million Singapore dollars (635.86 million U.S. dollars) in western Singapore will be built into soldiers' training ground, said Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen in Parliament on Friday.
2017-03-04
Somalia has opened a rehabilitation center for former Al-Shabaab combatants in the southern port city of Kismayo.
2017-03-03
A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier is scheduled to enter South Korea's southern port city of Busan on March 15 for joint springtime war games, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.
2017-03-03
The European Defense Agency (EDA) has completed a project aimed at increasing the accuracy of artillery systems in member states, the agency said on Thursday.
2017-03-03
South Korea has launched the process of providing land to the U.S. forces stationed here to deploy the U.S.THAAD system in South Korean soil, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
2017-03-02
India on Thursday testfired an anti-ship missile from its first Scorpene-class stealth submarine INS Kalvari.
2017-03-02
Iraqi security forces on Wednesday fought heavy clashes with IS militant group in the western side of Mosul, while other forces continued advancing in rural areas in the west of the city.
2017-03-02
Fierce border battles erupted again on Saudi-Yemeni border Wednesday between the Saudi military forces and Yemen's Shiite Houthi fighters, a military official said.
2017-03-02
The military of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday threatened to take "the toughest counteractions" against the ongoing South Korea-U.S. joint war games.
2017-03-02
The head of Lockheed Martin on Thursday said Australia's F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) will be delivered and combat-ready by 2020, shrugging off criticism the program is still flawed.
2017-03-02
South Korea and the United States on Wednesday kicked off their joint springtime war game, with senior defense and security officials of the two countries confirming the deployment of the THAAD in South Korean soil.
2017-03-01
Senior security and defense officials of South Korea and the United States held phone talks on Wednesday to talks about the deployment of the U.S. missile shield in South Korean soil and the launch of joint military exercises.
2017-03-01
At least two police personnel were wounded and several militants killed after Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in Mehtarlam city, capital of eastern Afghan province of Laghman, on Wednesday, a local official said.
2017-03-01
The UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt a draft resolution aiming to impose sanctions over alleged use of chemicals weapons in Syria as Russia and China vetoed it.
2017-03-01
South Koreas defense ministry formally signed a land swap contract with Lotte Group for the site to deploy the U.S. THAAD system in southeast South Korea, the ministry said Tuesday.
2017-02-28
The controversial Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) arrived in Australia for the first time overnight, in preparation for its public debut at the Avalon Airshow in Victoria later this week.
2017-02-28
Islamic Hamas movement rejected on Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to send international forces to the Gaza Strip, the coastal enclave that Hamas has been ruling since 2007.
2017-02-27
The Philippine military is verifying reports that Islamic militants have killed a German hostage after authorities failed to pay ransom, a military spokesman said Sunday.
2017-02-27
Australia and Indonesia have agreed to resume all military cooperation, following a fracture in the defence relationship earlier this year, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Sunday.
2017-02-26
More than 2.1 billion U.S.dollars is to be invested in upgrading Scottish military bases, British Defense Secretary Sir Michael Fallon announced Friday in Edinburgh.
2017-02-25
The timing of the U.S. missile shield deployment in South Korean soil will depend on a land swap contract with Lotte Group, Seoul's defense ministry said Friday.
2017-02-24
As many as 876 civilians have been killed by the U.S.-led anti-terror coalition strikes in Syria since September of 2014, a monitor group reported on Feb 23, 2017.
2017-02-23
Chief of the Royal New Zealand Navy Rear Admiral John Martin called on Singapore's Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen on Wednesday, Singapore's Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
2017-02-22
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched heavy artillery fire to destroy enemy targets on Wednesday, the third and final day of its military drills in northeastern Iran, Press TV reported.
2017-02-22
The naval presence of NATO forces in the Black Sea has been regular and has not escalated, Bulgaria's acting chief of defense Vice Admiral Emil Eftimov said on Wednesday.
2017-02-22
US President Donald Trump on Monday named Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond McMaster as his new national security adviser, choosing a military officer known for speaking his mind and challenging his superiors.
2017-02-21
The newly-developed ballistic missiles of Russia can penetrate any U.S. missile shield, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said here on Sunday.
2017-02-20
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived at Baghdad on Monday on an official visit, Iraqi state television reported.
2017-02-20
The biennial International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) kicked off here on Sunday with special focus on disruptive technology.
2017-02-20
The Australian government has not ruled out working with Russia in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group in the Middle East, the nation's defense minister said Sunday.
2017-02-20