Foreign Affairs

Speaking as the chief guest at the diplomatic reception in New Delhi, India's Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, extended warm greetings to the people and government of Israel....

NEW DELHI: The ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran has drawn worldwide concern. To examine the rapidly shifting geopolitical and economic landscapes in West Asia, the think-tank Greater West Asia Forum,...

Paris: The French Army has so many applicants that it has had to slow recruitment, while at the same time lacking hardware in areas ranging from spare parts to deep-fires weaponry and counter-drone defence,...

Washington: The US Army plans to order thousands of next-generation, short-range air defence missiles to replace the ageing FIM-92 Stinger. A new Army Request for Information seeks to identify companies that can deliver 11,000...

Washington: After pushback from industry, the US Navy has boosted the budget for developing a new training jet by roughly $900 million. The Navy in March originally solicited bids for the Undergraduate Jet Training...

Baltimore: US Cyber Command’s new Cyber Warfare Innovation Centre will pair operators and members of industry side by side in order to drive faster capabilities and tactics, and bridge the so-called valley of death. “For...

New Delhi: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor has expressed strong confidence that a landmark bilateral trade deal between Washington and New Delhi will be finalised in the coming weeks and months. Speaking at the...

New Delhi: For the first time, South Korea has officially declared a national strategic roadmap to adopt nuclear-powered attack submarines, known as SSNs naval jargon. Seoul plans to launch its first boat in the mid-2030s,...

New Delhi: Pakistan is accelerating its procurement of Chinese long‑range and medium‑range missile systems (despite its abject failure to stop Indian missiles destroying key  Pak military assets) alongside Turkish drones and loitering munitions, a...

Washington: Over a decade after Syria agreed to dismantle its formidable chemical arsenal, international inspectors have uncovered scores of previously hidden chemical weapons materials as the country enters a fragile new phase marked by...

Mumbai: On June 4, 2026, a ceremony marking the start of construction of the first power unit of an integrated nuclear power plant (NPP) took place at the construction site in Farish District of Uzbekistan’s...

Tel Aviv: The Israel Ministry of Defence (IMOD) and the US Administration have launched formal talks on a new security cooperation framework to replace the existing MOU, which is set to expire in 2028. Leading...

Riga (Latvia): Exercising in Latvia’s dense pine and birch forests this week, local troops found themselves in an unfair fight against a new enemy: unmanned ground vehicles. As NATO tries to keep pace with fast-changing...