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India navy spurns homemade warplane, latest blow to Asia push for self reliance 13 Feb 2017 - 02:59 pm

BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: India's navy is in the hunt for a new foreign fighter jet after rejecting an indigenously made aircraft as too heavy,...

UN to meet after N. Korea claims successful missile test 13 Feb 2017 - 02:36 pm

Seoul: The UN Security Council is to hold an urgent meeting later Monday after North Korea announced it had successfully tested a new...

At least 30 ISIS members killed in Northern Syria 13 Feb 2017 - 02:15 pm

Ankara: At least 30 ISIS members were killed in northern Syria in the last 24 hours as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates...

New nuclear-capable missile test a success: North Korea 13 Feb 2017 - 01:15 pm

SEOUL: North Korea said on Monday it had successfully test-fired a new type of medium- to long-range ballistic missile the previous day, claiming...

3 killed in bomb attack on Pakistan security forces 13 Feb 2017 - 01:13 pm

ISLAMABAD: Three police officers were killed in a bomb attack in a tribal region of northwest Pakistan late Sunday, a security official said....

Vote deal with One Nation shows Australia’s shift to the right 13 Feb 2017 - 01:08 pm

SYDNEY: A state premier’s desperate move to win re-election by striking an electoral deal with the far-right One Nation party drove a wedge...

Hezbollah weapons vital for Lebanon defense: President 13 Feb 2017 - 12:57 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun has defended Hezbollah weapons, saying the arms of the Shia group are an essential part in defending Lebanon....

30 'IS terrorists neutralized' in northern Syria 13 Feb 2017 - 12:22 pm

ANKARA: At least 30 IS terrorists were "neutralized" in northern Syria in the last 24 hours as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates...

British Defense Secretary visits northern Iraq 13 Feb 2017 - 12:16 pm

ERBIL, Iraq: British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon reiterated his country's support to Peshmerga forces, in an official visit to the Kurdish Regional Government...

1 civilian killed in Kashmiri pro-independence rallies 13 Feb 2017 - 12:10 pm

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir: Thousands of unarmed civilians in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir took to the streets in massive pro-Independence demonstrations and...

Steinmeier elected Germany's new president 13 Feb 2017 - 12:05 pm

BERLIN: Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a popular Social Democrat politician, was elected Germany’s new president by an overwhelming majority Sunday. The 61-year-old politician, who served...

Azerbaijani soldier martyred by Armenian gunfire 13 Feb 2017 - 12:00 pm

BAKU, Azerbaijan: An Azerbaijani soldier has been martyred in a border clash with Armenian forces, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Sunday. According to a...

MHP leader slams Russia over bombing of Turkish troops 13 Feb 2017 - 11:50 am

KONYA, Turkey: The Turkish opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader said Sunday that Russia ignored the "principles and rules of international law". In...

Sri Lanka arrests nearly 550 deserters in army clean-up 13 Feb 2017 - 11:45 am

Colombo: Sri Lanka arrested nearly 550 soldiers in a single day as it reigns in the mass desertion that's plagued the armed forces...

Death toll in Philippines quake rises to 8 as aftershocks continue 13 Feb 2017 - 11:30 am

Manila: The number of people killed in the magnitude-6.7earthquake that struck late last week in a southern Philippines province climbed to eight Monday,...

Afghan Forces launch another offensive against ISIS 13 Feb 2017 - 11:19 am

Kabul: The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) launched another major offensive against loyalists of the (ISIS) group in eastern Nangarhar province...