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India, allies parade warships in biggest-ever naval exercise
06 Feb 2016
At the Navy's biggest-ever event off the coast of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh today, President Pranab Mukherjee is inspecting ships from 50 countries
IAF issues shoot-at-sight orders around installations
04 Feb 2016
Learning from the Pathankot terror attacks in January, the Indian Air Force issued shoot- at-sight orders against anyone attempting to scale the walls of the bases under the sensitive Western Air Command
S Korea, Japan warn Pyongyang against rocket launch
03 Feb 2016
South Korea and Japan today echoed US warnings that North Korea would pay a heavy price if it pushes ahead with a planned rocket launch just weeks after conducting its fourth nuclear test
Dutch police training eagles to bring down drones
03 Feb 2016
Dutch police are involved in training birds of prey, like eagles, to take out drones flown by criminals and terrorists
23 nations meet in Rome to mull anti-ISIS strategy
03 Feb 2016
US officials said the Pentagon's fiscal year 2017 budget will call for more than $7 billion to fight Islamic State, up roughly a third from the previous year's request to Congress
4 killed in suicide attack at Saudi Arabian mosque
30 Jan 2016
The attack on a mosque in the Shiite area of mostly Sunni Saudi Arabia came during the main weekly prayers on Friday, when one attacker blew himself up while the second was said to have been captured and tied up by worshippers after he opened fire
Parrikar orders CBI probe against 2 Army generals
28 Jan 2016
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has ordered a disproportionate assets probe against two serving major generals after allegations of impropriety even made it to the social media
IAF downs balloon near Barmer; proves harmless
28 Jan 2016
Pak army chief to step down in November, not to seek extension
25 Jan 2016
It was under Raheel Sharif that Pakistan army mobilised over 250,000 soldiers into the restive North West in June 2014, backed by Pakistan's air force against the Pakistan Taliban. The army largely succeeded in driving Islamist militants from safe havens near the Afghan border.
Modi, Hollande ink Rafale fighter deal, but details remain
25 Jan 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that an intergovernmental agreement has been signed to buy 36 Rafale combat jets from France, and "financial issues" on the deal will be sorted out soon
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