African militaries eye lighter, cheaper dronesAcross Africa, aerial warfare is evolving towards smaller, more agile drones, including single-use models. These commercially adapted drone...
26 Aug, 2025, 04.48 PM IST
Oil prices rise on Middle East supply risks as Israel steps up attacksOil prices rose slightly on Monday due to concerns over potential supply disruptions from the Middle East after Israel intensified attacks ...
30 Sep, 2024, 07.12 AM IST
Oil prices rise on Middle East supply risks as Israel steps up attacksOil prices rose slightly on Monday due to concerns over potential supply disruptions from the Middle East after Israel intensified attacks ...
30 Sep, 2024, 06.44 AM IST
Oil up 3% on Libya halt, Mideast escalation fearsOil prices rose around 3% on Monday on reports of a near total production stoppage in Libya, adding to earlier gains on concerns that escal...
26 Aug, 2024, 07.47 PM IST
Oil dips as demand concerns outweigh Middle East supply fearsOil prices dipped lower in volatile trade on Tuesday, as a weak demand outlook after a global sell-off in markets on Monday countered price...
06 Aug, 2024, 07.31 PM IST
Is Russia's Wagner back, who controls it and are its fighters returning to Ukraine war?Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Andrei Troshev, a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group, to discuss the use of "voluntee...
29 Sep, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Russian mercenary chief and founder of Wagner Group, whose forces are marching towards MoscowYevgeny Prigozhin, a billionaire with close ties to Putin, gained international attention leading the Wagner Group in Ukraine. He defied mi...
24 Jun, 2023, 09.46 PM IST
Who is Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin?Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as “Putin's chef” for his Kremlin catering contracts, has admitted to founding private militar...
24 Jun, 2023, 03.49 PM IST
Ukraine-Pakistan create nuclear weapon axis, says Russian SenatorPakistan has been accused in the past of helping North Korea to create nuclear bombs in lieu of missile technology. It has also been accuse...
01 Nov, 2022, 08.27 AM IST
Turkey under lens for 'rotating' Syrian mercenaries in LibyaThe UN investigators alleged that Alaa al-Junaid, commander of the Hamza division of the Turkish-backed opposition Syrian National Army (SN...
20 Jun, 2022, 12.12 AM IST
Poland to become first NATO country to buy Turkish dronesThe Bayraktar TB2 drones, the first of which are due to be delivered next year, will be armed with anti-tank projectiles. Poland will also ...
24 May, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
Egypt buys 30 Rafale fighter jets from FranceInvestigative site Disclose had reported earlier Monday that the order was part of a secret mega-defence deal worth almost four billion eur...
04 May, 2021, 03.42 PM IST
View: Despite his tone of reconciliation, Erdogan remains a populist with a radical ideologyDespite the deadline to withdraw all forces in Libya, Turkey’s troops remain present on the battleground along with mercenaries affiliated ...
11 Feb, 2021, 04.33 PM IST
UN: Private security to earn $ 244 bn by 2016The private military and security business is growing by 7.4 per cent a year and on track to become a $ 244 billion global industry by 2016.
05 Nov, 2013, 05.32 PM IST
When Gaddafi caused diplomatic embarassment for IndiaGaddafi, who has rarely been a person India has been comfortable with, in his speech railed against India and Kashmir as well.
20 Oct, 2011, 10.35 PM IST
- Russia might lose billions in arms sales to Libya
Independent arms expert Pavel Felgenhauer said Sunday the contracts and the talks were suspended after Gadhafi brutally suppressed anti-gov...
27 Feb, 2011, 11.26 PM IST
- Wikileaks: Libya's Gadhafi family a web of greed, nepotism
The assessments by US diplomats have published by the WikiLeaks as Gadhafi vowed to fight to the ``last drop of blood'' to put down an upri...
23 Feb, 2011, 08.11 PM IST