Defence general
Govt prunes list of items requiring defence licensing
27 Jun 2014
Under the pruned list, dual-use items that are not specially mentioned in the list will not require industrial licences for defence production
UN representative endorses use of force in strife-torn Iraq
26 Jun 2014
The success of any military operation hinges on cooperation between Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, and Erbil, the seat of the autonomous Kurdish region
Iran trashes speculation it may cooperate with US over Iraq
23 Jun 2014
Tehran and Washington have been shocked by the lightning offensive, spearheaded by ISIL and involving Sunni tribes and Saddam loyalists
India covertly enriching uranium to weapons-grade: Jane’s
20 Jun 2014
India is expanding a covert uranium enrichment plant that could potentially support the development of thermonuclear weapons, defence research group IHS Jane’s said today
Obama set to send 300 US ‘military advisors’ to Iraq
20 Jun 2014
President Obama warned that the growing prospect of civil war in Iraq poses the danger of destabilisation “throughout the region” and disruption of important “ global energy markets”
41 Indian workers in Mosul remain untraceable
18 Jun 2014
Indian nurses stranded in Iraq
18 Jun 2014
US warns of air strikes as invading Al Qaeda militants leave Iraq in limbo
13 Jun 2014
The militant attack, the biggest threat to Iraq’s stability since the US withdrawal at the end of 2011, could trigger a partition of the nation on sectarian lines
Pak Taliban attacks Karachi airport again; says it is on warpath
11 Jun 2014
In yesterday’s incident, a group of gunmen on motorbikes opened fire on an academy run by the Airports Security Force (ASF) and fled after security forces retaliated