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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/13/2022 10:55:27 PM
Russia's military pounded residential areas across Ukraine overnight, claiming gains, as Ukrainian forces pressed a counteroffensive to try to take back an occupied southern region, striking the last working bridge over a river in the Russian-occupied Kherson region, Ukrainian authorities said Saturday.
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World
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International
8/13/2022 1:44:57 PM
Sri Lanka's government granted permission on Saturday for a controversial Chinese research vessel to visit the island despite neighbouring India's concerns that it could spy on New Delhi's military installations, officials said.
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World
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International
8/13/2022 1:34:03 PM
A year since returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban are a stronger military force than ever, but threats to their rule do exist.
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World
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International
8/13/2022 10:39:20 AM
The Chinese air force is sending fighter jets and bombers to Thailand for a joint exercise with the Thai military on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/12/2022 5:56:41 PM
Egyptian Minister of Defence and Military Production Mohamed Zaki and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III have reaffirmed their commitment to Egypt-US military-to-military cooperation as a cornerstone of the strategic partnership between the two countries.
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World
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Region
8/12/2022 5:35:07 PM
Two Tunisian soldiers were wounded on Friday in an exchange of fire with suspected jihadists during a military operation in a mountainous region of the south, the defence ministry said.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
8/11/2022 8:39:40 PM
The United Nations chief called Thursday for an immediate end to all military activity around Europe's largest nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, warning that any damage could lead to ``catastrophic consequences'' in the region and beyond.
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World
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International
8/11/2022 11:12:08 AM
Taiwan's army held another live-fire drill Thursday after Beijing ended its largest-ever military exercises around the island and repeated threats to bring the self-ruled democracy under its control.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
8/10/2022 12:40:17 PM
The Philippines has scrapped an order for 16 Russian military helicopters, an official confirmed Wednesday, following reports former president Rodrigo Duterte decided to cancel it due to US sanctions on Moscow.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/9/2022 6:00:35 PM
Powerful explosions rocked a Russian air base in Crimea on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding several others, authorities said.
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World
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Region
8/9/2022 4:04:06 PM
A suicide bomber targeted a security convoy in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold in northwestern Pakistan, killing four soldiers, officials said Tuesday.
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World
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International
8/9/2022 11:51:44 AM
Taiwan's foreign minister said Tuesday that China is using military drills to rehearse an invasion of the self-governing island democracy, while Taiwan's military began its own live-fire exercises in a show of readiness to thwart off a potential attack.
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World
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Africa
8/8/2022 5:19:15 PM
Chad's military government and more than 40 opposition groups signed a deal Monday to launch national peace talks this month, but the main rebel outfit refused to take part.
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World
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International
8/8/2022 5:07:51 PM
China said Monday it is extending threatening military exercises surrounding Taiwan that have disrupted shipping and air traffic and substantially raised concerns about the potential for conflict in a region crucial to global trade.
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World
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International
8/8/2022 11:46:47 AM
Taiwan will hold live-fire military drills this week simulating a defence of the island against a Chinese invasion, officials said Monday, as Beijing carries out fresh exercises.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/7/2022 10:11:07 PM
Egypt’s Defence Minister Mohamed Zaki signed with his Burkinabe counterpart, Aimé Barthélemy Simporé, a cooperation protocol covering the "most important areas of cooperation that the armed forces of the two countries seek to strengthen in the next stage," a statement by the Egyptian Military Spokesman Gharib Abdel-Hafez read.
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World
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Africa
8/7/2022 3:15:38 PM
The head of Chad's military government met Saturday with Qatar's ruling emir after months of talks between Chadian forces and rebel factions, hosted by the Arab country.
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World
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International
8/7/2022 11:52:50 AM
China's live-fire drills around Taiwan -- which saw vessels encircle the democratically ruled island -- have offered an unprecedented insight into how Beijing may conduct a military campaign against its neighbour.
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World
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International
8/7/2022 11:41:32 AM
China's largest-ever military exercises surrounding Taiwan were drawing to a close on Sunday following a controversial visit last week to the self-ruled island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/7/2022 11:02:06 AM
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday accused Russia of using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "for terror" after the operator of the facility reported major damage at the site.
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