Military Procurement
U.S. Defense secretary to visit Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Southeast Asia later this month, the Pentagon said, a trip...
Read moreAfghan special visa applicants to be housed at base in Virginia
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration is set to send the first batch of...
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Turkey’s Erdogan says Taliban should end “occupation” in Afghanistan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the Taliban should "end the occupation of their brothers' soil",...
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Russia says it successfully tested hypersonic missile praised by Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Monday it had successfully tested a Tsirkon(Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile, a weapon President Vladimir Putin...
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U.S. Black Hawk helicopter makes emergency landing in downtown Bucharest
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A Black Hawk helicopter belonging to the U.S. military made an emergency landing on a Bucharest street...
Read morePoland to buy 250 U.S. tanks as it seeks to beef up defences
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will buy 250 U.S. tanks as part of a deal worth around $6 billion, the defence...
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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries call for end to violence in Afghanistan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Wednesday called for an end to violence...
Read moreRussia to discuss strategic stability with U.S. next week -RIA cites sources
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Nuclear strategic stability talks between Russia and the United States will take place in a week, the...
Read moreRussia tells ‘hypocritical’ Afghan government to negotiate with Taliban
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin's most senior Afghanistan official accused the Afghan government of hypocrisy on Wednesday and said it...
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Special Report-Afghan pilots assassinated by Taliban as U.S. withdraws
By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Hamid Shalizi KABUL, (Reuters) - Afghan Air Force Major Dastagir Zamaray had grown so...
Read moreTaliban political delegation travels to Moscow – Ifax cites source
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A delegation of the Afghan Taliban's political office was in Moscow on Thursday, Russia's Interfax news agency...
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Paris to quit Franco-German MAWS defence programme, La Tribune says
PARIS (Reuters) -Paris is about to leave the Franco-German Maritime Airborne Warfare System (MAWS) defence procurement programme, online newspaper La...
Read moreItaly eases curbs on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italy has loosened restrictions on arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab...
Read moreU.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan more than 90 % complete
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Tuesday that it completed approximately more than 90 percent of its withdrawal...
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Russia hopes to kick off strategic stability talks with US in July – report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes to hold the opening round of nuclear strategic stability talks with the United States this...
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U.S. adds Turkey to list of countries implicated in use of child soldiers
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday added Turkey to a list of countries that are implicated...
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U.S. envoy to Moscow says he held positive meeting with deputy foreign minister -RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Moscow said on Thursday that he held a positive meeting with Russia's Deputy...
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Putin says Russia could have sunk UK warship without starting World War Three
By Andrew Osborn and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia could have sunk a...
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Swiss pick U.S. F-35 jet and Patriot missiles for defence needs
By John Revill and Tim Hepher ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland has chosen Lockheed Martin's F-35A Lightning II as its next-generation fighter...
Read moreRussia successfully test launches new intercontinental ballistic missile -TASS cites source
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has successfully test launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the country's...
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