Pakistan strikes $4 billion deal to sell weapons to Libyan force, officials sayPakistan has secured a significant military equipment deal exceeding $4 billion with the Libyan National Army. This agreement, one of Pakis...
22 Dec, 2025, 08.06 PM IST
Drones, doubts as US allies look to NATO summitEstonia focuses on advanced military tech amid Russian pressure. Baltic states and others boost defense spending. The US plans troop cuts i...
30 May, 2025, 07.03 AM IST
Europe's military personnel shortfalls exposed as Trump warns US security priorities lie elsewhereNATO's defense preparations have been revamped post-Russia's aggression in Ukraine, emphasizing the urgent need for Europe to bolster its m...
14 Mar, 2025, 10.21 AM IST
Western army trainers in Ukraine not immune from strikes, Kremlin saysWestern army instructors who train Ukrainian soldiers in the country would have no "immunity" from Russian strikes, the Kremlin said Tuesda...
04 Jun, 2024, 05.46 PM IST
Almost 200 dead, 1,800 wounded in Sudan battles: UNThe European Union's ambassador to Sudan was attacked in his home in Khartoum on Monday, the bloc's top diplomat Josep Borrell said. A spok...
18 Apr, 2023, 02.04 PM IST
Biden weighs deploying thousands of troops to Eastern Europe and BalticsIn a meeting Saturday at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, senior Pentagon officials presented Biden with several options t...
24 Jan, 2022, 11.38 AM IST
Billions spent on Afghan army ultimately benefited TalibanThe Taliban captured an array of modern military equipment when they overran Afghan forces who failed to defend district centers. Bigger ga...
17 Aug, 2021, 11.12 AM IST
Residents in Pakistan's Balakot thought earthquake jolted them from sleepThe pre-dawn operation, described as "non-military" and "preemptive", struck a five-star resort style camp on a hilltop forest.
26 Feb, 2019, 09.46 PM IST
Budget crunch hits IAF's new arms deals, upgrade of airbasesThe IAF had asked for Rs 77,695 cr under the capital outlay in the 2018-2019 budget, but got only Rs 35,770 cr.
20 Oct, 2018, 08.42 PM IST
When the Kargil war came dangerously close to becoming a nuclear catastropheA June 24, 1999, incident had the potential of triggering an all-out war between the two nuclear neighbours.
26 Jul, 2018, 03.44 PM IST
When an IAF pilot was almost ready to bomb Nawaz Sharif & Musharraf during Kargil warAccording to IAF officials, a flight commander was tasked to bomb Point 4388 in Kargil but he instead ended up aiming at a Pakistani milita...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.02 AM IST
UK to send more troops to Iraq to assist ISIS fightBritain will send 250 additional soldiers to Iraq to help the Iraqi Army build on the recent sucess in combating Islamic State terrorists.
30 Jun, 2016, 07.25 PM IST
- Pakistan Air Force training aircraft crashes, pilots eject safely
The pilots of the aircraft ejected safely. No loss of civilian life or property was reported on the ground.
25 May, 2015, 01.27 PM IST
India steps up military aid to Myanmar to offset China’s mightIndia is steadily stepping up military aid to Myanmar to counterbalance the deep strategic inroads made by China into that country.
01 Nov, 2013, 11.03 PM IST
- Lashkar-e-Taiba has dedicated internet team: Abu Jundal
Jundal has told interrogators that LeT operatives are trained in ‘internet activities’ & the outfit has a team who looks after the entire o...
02 Jul, 2012, 04.04 AM IST
Going to Afghanistan to train its security personnel is in India’s interestIt is natural for Afghanistan to look for friends in the region that would help it stabilise post the ISAF's departure.
07 Feb, 2012, 09.25 AM IST
- Battling jihadis: India has few options
That's really the predicament of the government in the wake of the Mumbai carnage - it knows the killers, knows where they were trained, wh...
05 Dec, 2008, 07.40 AM IST