The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) declared Tuesday that it has successfully launched an international ballistic missile (ICBM) on the same day, calling it a milestone in its missile development program.
2017-07-04
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump may discuss arms control during their upcoming meeting later this week in Germany, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said on Monday.
2017-07-04
India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed quick reaction surface-to-air short range missile, officials said.
2017-07-04
The DPRK has fired an unidentified ballistic missile into its eastern waters, Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday, citing South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
2017-07-04
Turkish Armed Forces bolsters its military deployment near Afrin town in northern Syria as the region is getting heated with exchange of fire between Turkish military and Syrian Kurds who control the Kurdish enclave across Turkey's border.
2017-06-30
Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday warned against any possible US military attack on Syria.
2017-06-30
Russia will continue to build up its military capabilities and increase the quality and frequency of military exercises in the current "complex international situation," said President Vladimir Putin Wednesday.
2017-06-30
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday announced that defense spending across the alliance is expected to grow in 2017.
2017-06-28
The DPRK said Wednesday that an unconditional end of joint military drills by the United States and South Korea is the precondition for defusing tensions on the Korean peninsula.
2017-06-28
Lockdown at a military post in the southeastern U.S. state of Alabama has been lifted hours after a "possible active shooter" was reported Tuesday morning.
2017-06-28
The Iraqi military said on Tuesday that 50 percent of Mosul's old city center has been liberated so far from Islamic State (IS) militants.
2017-06-28
The Borey-class submarine "Yuriy Dolgorukiy" carried out a successful launch of the RSM-56 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile on Monday.
2017-06-28
This week Finland will enter a British led contingency unit plan and sign a framework agreement with Germany on defence cooperation, the Finnish Defence Ministry announced on Tuesday.
2017-06-27
The Israeli air force struck Syria's army posts on Saturday afternoon, after errant projectiles hit the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.
2017-06-24
Iraqi forces continued on Tuesday heavy clashes against the IS militants in the last major stronghold of the old city center in western Mosul, the Iraqi military said.
2017-06-22
The US military said it had shot down an armed, Iranian-made drone that had been bearing down on its forces near a garrison in Syria's southeast on Tuesday, in the latest sign of increasingly frequent confrontation with Damascus and its allies.
2017-06-22
Iraqi security forces killed on Tuesday 12 suicide bombers before they carry out deadly attacks in Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin, the provincial governor said.
2017-06-21
Two U.S. strategic bombers planned to conduct a joint drill with South Korean fighter jets on Tuesday over the Korean Peninsula, according to local media reports.
2017-06-20
Seven crew members of U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald were missing following a collision between the Aegis destroyer and a Philippine container in waters off Japan's central Shizuoka Prefecture early Saturday.
2017-06-17
A Russian airstrike may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in northern Syria on May 28, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
2017-06-16
The UN General Assembly approved on Thursday the request of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to set up a new office to aid member states in fighting terrorism.
2017-06-16
India test-fired its anti-tank guided missile namely Nag, Defense Ministry officials said on Wednesday.
2017-06-15
The White House announced on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump will host South Korean President Moon Jae-in late this month for talks on the Korean Peninsula's nuclear issue.
2017-06-15
Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday criticized the U.S. drone strike in the country and described the strike as "counterproductive."
2017-06-15
Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday the Belarusian-Russian military drills Zapad 2017 will be staged in extensive and serious way despite any pressure.
2017-06-14
Fierce battles against the Islamic State (IS) militants continued at the edge of the old city center on Tuesday, as the Iraqi government forces completed clearing al-Zanjili neighborhood, the Iraqi military said.
2017-06-13
Iron wolf 2017, Lithuania's largest multinational military training, officially kicked off on Monday.
2017-06-13
The Korean Central News Agency said DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un guided the test fire of the missile, which was "a powerful attack means capable of striking any enemy group of battleships."
2017-06-09
The U.S. on Thursday called on Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to refrain from "provocative" actions after Pyongyang test-fired multiple ground-to-ship cruise missiles.
2017-06-09
The DPRK test-fired multiple projectiles believed to be ground-to-ship cruise missiles Thursday morning into its eastern waters, South Korea's JCS said.
2017-06-08
The wreckage of the missing Myanmar military aircraft has been found on sea off Dawei township in southern Tanintharyi region late on Wednesday, according to military sources.
2017-06-08
Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak and his Georgian counterpart Levan Izoria held talks in Georgian capital Tbilisi on Wednesday and both agreed to promote bilateral military ties.
2017-06-08
The U.S.-led coalition forces on Tuesday conducted a strike against pro-government forces in Syria that advanced inside the de-confliction zone in the southern part of the country, according to U.S. military.
2017-06-07
United Nations peacekeepers are one of the ways in which we deliver on that universal aspiration and make the world safer for everyone.
2017-06-06
Japan unveiled on Monday the first domestically assembled F-35 fighter at the Komakiminami factory of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Aichi Prefecture.
2017-06-06
Pakistani and Indian military officials on Monday established "Special Hotline Contact" against the backdrop of recent cross-border "cease-fire violations," the Pakistani military said.
2017-06-05
Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the DPRK, has called on the country's air force to be ready to strike aircraft carriers, the official media reported Monday.
2017-06-05
Pakistani security forces have killed 12 hardcore terrorists in southwestern Balochistan province, the military said on Sunday.
2017-06-05
The 16th Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) opened here on Friday night as senior military officials, diplomats and experts gathered here to address challenges to Asia-Pacific security.
2017-06-03
India's second Scorpene-class submarine is ready for surface sea trials, defense officials said Friday.
2017-06-02