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India to pare down foreign defence contract payments
12 Mar 2016
India plans to reduce contracts with foreign defence equipment vendors to 30 per cent of the total procurement over the next two years, defence minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday
ISIS defector unmasks thousands of jihadis
11 Mar 2016
A disillusioned Islamic State recruit has made available the contents of a memory stick stolen from the group’s security chief with thousands of names, addresses, and questionnaires for potential jihadis
US airstrike takes out ISIS 'defence minister'
10 Mar 2016
A senior Islamic State commander with a $5-million bounty on his head was targeted and “likely killed” in an airstrike in north-eastern Syria last week, a US defence official said
Iran again tests missiles capable of hitting Israel
10 Mar 2016
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) test-fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday that it said were designed to be able to hit Israel
N Korea claims to have mini-hydrogen bombs
09 Mar 2016
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07 Mar 2016
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Gunmen storm retirement home in Yemen, kill 16
05 Mar 2016
BSF officials spot tunnel, foil infiltration bid
04 Mar 2016
Afghan forces kill all 4 Indian consulate attackers
03 Mar 2016
Security forces in armoured vehicles reached the scene in time, while civilians fled, helping forces to deal with the attackers before they could enter the consulate compound
Terrorists attack Indian Consulate in Afghanistan's Jalalabad, no one hurt
02 Mar 2016
The ITBP and Afghanistan security forces are currently engaged in a fierce gunbattle with terrorists who are believed to be hiding in a nearby building
Guns fall silent as Syria ceasefire begins
27 Feb 2016
The truce for all practical purposes is limited to Moscow’s assurance to Washington that it would not bomb the "moderate opposition" in Syria fighting the Assad regime till the ceasefire holds
US firm on F-16 sale to Pak despite growing opposition
27 Feb 2016
Veteran senator John McCain has thrown his weight behind the growing demand in both the Senate and the House for a full hearing on the proposed sale of eight F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan, but the Obama administration is determined to push the sale through
Privatisation of ammo manufacturing on cards
27 Feb 2016
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