by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Victoria Nuland, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States, has made a second visit to Sri Lanka within a few months. Prior
As NATO’s next summit looms – against the backdrop of an escalating proxy war in Ukraine and a genocidal horror in Gaza – the sane and moral world must roar in defiance,
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The drone attack on 5 Highly Sensitive Russian Bases was aimed at the US as much as Russia. In a brilliant operation that, according to the Ukrainians, took 18 months to pull
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The UK government is set to embark on one of its most ambitious military rearmament programmes in decades, with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announcing plans to construct up to 12 new
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The UK is preparing to acquire American-made fighter jets capable of launching tactical nuclear weapons — a move described as the most significant expansion of the country’s nuclear deterrent since the Cold
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It was a big surprise to defense experts when, this last week of May, 2025, Israel’s Defense Force, the IDF, revealed that it had a new, small tactical laser already deployed on
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Pakistan will never accept Indian dominance in South Asia, declared Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir on Thursday, as he reaffirmed the country’s firm stance on sovereignty, Kashmir, and water
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President Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to release a new set of regulations governing the awarding of military scientific research. The regulations, which will officially
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Just look at Yemen. Despite being one of the poorest nations in the world, the Houthi rebel group—under siege for more than a decade—has leveraged low-cost, low-tech drones to punch far above
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China’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign has claimed another high-profile figure with the surrender of Zhang Jianhua, a senior former official in the agency that oversees the country’s powerful defense industry. Zhang, 64, is
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On May 21, 2025, in a major tactical blow to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Nambala Keshava Rao aka Basava Raju aka Ganganna aka Krishna aka Vijay aka Prakash (70), the ‘general secretary’ of the party (the highest executive post), a
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