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Pak court frees 2008 Mumbai terror mastermind Lakhvi
13 Mar 2015
Disregarding the concern of both India and the US, the Islamabad High court today freed LeT chief and 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, terming his detention ‘illegal’
Saudi Arabia overtakes India as world’s top defence importer
09 Mar 2015
Saudi Arabia emerged the world's top importer of defence equipment in 2014, displacing India from the top slot
Juncker calls for EU army to counter Russia
09 Mar 2015
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker believes that the creation of a European army will offset the EU’s foreign policy worries in its tussle with the Russian Federation
Lockheed Martin’s laser weapons system destroys small truck in seconds
07 Mar 2015
The 30-kilowatt laser burned through the truck's engine while the vehicle was mounted on a test manifold
CIA plans major overhaul, creation of computer hacking wing
07 Mar 2015
CIA plans to create a new directorate that will be responsible for accelerating the integration of its digital and cyber capabilities, and delegate more powers to regional centres
China ups 2015 defence spending to over $140 billion
04 Mar 2015
China is ramping up investment in high-tech equipment such as submarines and stealth jets, partly to offset a slowing of economic growth
Pak army chief vows ‘fitting response’ to Indian ‘provocation’
27 Feb 2015
In a statement calculated to raise Indian hackles just days before Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar's visit to Islamabad, Pakistan's army chief Gen Raheel Sharif has warned India of a "befitting response to provocation" along the Line of Control
UK army mulls proposal for fresh all-Sikh regiments
26 Feb 2015
If the proposal goes through, it could be a somewhat rueful time for the Indian Army, which would lose some of its best potential jawans and officers to more lucrative and beneficent foreign shores
Fresh ISIL outrage: 90 Christians abducted in Syria
25 Feb 2015
The militants struck before dawn, carrying out house-to-house raids in a cluster of villages in northeastern Syria and abducted at least 90 people — many of them women and children
Abbott orders new measures against Australian ‘jihadists’
23 Feb 2015
Many Australians who are suspected to be adherents of the Islamic State will be stripped of their citizenship as part of tough new counter-terrorism laws, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced today
US warns of terrorist attacks on shopping malls
23 Feb 2015
India clears $8-bn plan to counter China’s naval expansion
20 Feb 2015
It will take a decade or even longer for all the ships to be built, even if the shipyards were to start construction immediately
Strained ties: US hides details of Iran talks from Israel
20 Feb 2015
For the first time the US is withholding from Israel sensitive details of its nuclear negotiations with Iran because Israeli officials have leaked information to try to scuttle the talks
India, Israel to enhance internal security cooperation
19 Feb 2015
The two countries have identified cyber security, including cyber forensics, and joint development of technology as thrust areas for cooperation in the areas of homeland security
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