Tehran, March 10 (IANS) The Iranian foreign ministry said on Thursday that the country’s recent missile launches did not violate a UN resolution. “The recent (missile) drills and the weapons used in the missile launch…
Panaji, March 10 (IANS) The Congress party on Thursday demanded that Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar must apologise to the armed forces for making them build infrastructure for the Art of Living event in the national…
New Delhi: Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa assumes charge as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS), in New Delhi on June 1, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB)’ New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The number of…
New Delhi: Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa assumes charge as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS), in New Delhi on June 1, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB)’ New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The defence attaches…
Pyongyang, March 10 (IANS) North Korea on Thursday nullified all agreements on economic cooperation and exchanges with South Korea. All assets belonging to South Korean enterprises in North Korea will be liquidated, Xinhua reported citing…
Dimapur, March 10 (IANS) Nagaland Chief Minister T.R Zeliang has urged all the Naga Political Groups (armed factions) to have consultations among themselves to solve the state’s decades-long conflict issue. “Nagas have suffered for too…
Washington, March 10 (IANS) The US military deployed three B-2 bombers on a training mission in the Asia-Pacific region, the media reported on Thursday. The B-2s would “integrate and conduct training with ally and partner…
Bangkok, March 10 (IANS) The Thai navy plans to build three Offshore patrol vessels (OPV) to celebrate the monarch’s 90th birthday in the next few years. Deputy navy chief-of-staff Jumpol Lumpikanond confirmed on Thursday that…
Colombo, March 10 (IANS) Sri Lankan authorities have detained four Indian fishermen on Thursday for poaching in the country’s northern waters. A fishing trawler belonging to the fishermen was also taken into custody, Xinhua news…
Seoul, March 10 (IANS) North Korea on Thursday launched two short-range missiles from its east coast, the South Korean defence ministry announced. The North Korean People’s Army fired two missiles into the East Sea, at…
Brasilia, March 10 (IANS) Brazilian Defence Minister Aldo Rebelo announced that 38,000 military personnel will be deployed to carry out security operations during the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympic Games. Twenty-thousand of them will be…
Seoul, March 10 (IANS) North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern waters in an apparent show of force against joint annual war games between Seoul and Washington and new harsher sanctions against…
Washington, March 10 (IANS) Militants of the Islamic State (IS) had planned to use mustard gas in Iraq and Syria, US media reported on Wednesday, quoting US defence officials. Defence officials said that an IS…
Campobasso (Italy), March 9 (IANS/AKI) Police arrested a Somali imam in southern Italy on Wednesday for allegedly inciting other asylum-seekers to stage jihadist terror attacks including on Rome’s central train station. The cleric was detained…
Rome, March 9 (IANS/AKI) There are around 5,000 militants fighting for the Islamic State in Libya and there is a danger local groups may join their ranks, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Wednesday….
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of United States of America (USA) Barack Obama. (File Photo: IANS/PIB) By Arun Kumar Washington, March 9 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, India and the…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Lack of “structural stability” is among five major “shortcomings” detected by Delhi Police in the infrastructure being readied for the three-day World Culture Festival being organised by Sri Sri Ravi…
Srinagar, March 9 (IANS) Two guerrillas were killed on Wednesday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district and efforts are on to identify them, police said. “Two militants have…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 9 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, India and the US have agreed to deepen their collaboration against Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), responsible for…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The national security advisors of India and Pakistan continue to remain in touch with each other following the cross-border terror attack on the Pathankot airbase in January this year, the…