#armed forces

Collection of armed forces news, found 804 news.

Egypt arrests 47 officers for destroying documents

Egypt has ordered the arrest of 47 state security officers accused of burning documents, in a bid to placate ...

Taiwan to cut 9,200 troops as China ties warm

Taiwan plans to slash the number of its troops by 9,200 this year amid warming ties with China, but the cut will be ...

Egypt to Hold Reform Referendum on March 19

Egypt will hold a referendum on reforms to its constitution on March 19, the government said on its Facebook page on ...

Tunisia`s pm accuses toppled Ben Ali of `high treason`

Tunisia`s new Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi on Friday accused toppled president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of "high ...

Britain axes 11.000 armed forces jobs: Government

Britain said Tuesday it would axe around 11,000 armed forces jobs as part of defence cuts brought in to help reduce ...

Hamas urges Egypt to free detained Palestinians

Islamic Hamas movement on Tuesday called upon Egypt to release Palestinians who have been held prisoners in Egypt. ...

Arab League chief Mussa to run for Egypt president

Arab League chief Amr Mussa said on Sunday he plans to run for president in his native Egypt after a popular uprising ...

N. Korea threatens to shoot directly at S.Korean border facilities

North Korea on Sunday threatened to fire aimed shots at South Korean facilities involved in "psychological warfare" in ...

Egyptian committee proposes limit on presidential term

A judicial committee for drafting constitutional amendments in Egypt proposed Saturday to reduce the length of ...

Egypt army apologises for beating Tahrir protesters

Egypt`s ruling military council apologised on Saturday after military police beat protesters in Cairo`s Tahrir Square, ...

Sudan army attacks Darfur rebel stronghold

The Sudanese army said it had attacked a Darfur rebel stronghold to open roads in the central Jabel Marra region and ...

Libyan envoy to RI resigns

Libyan Ambassador to Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei, Salaheddin M El Bishari has officially resigned from his post ...

RI, S`pore agree to step up intelligence cooperation

The Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) have agreed to step up cooperation ...

Libya`s Kadhafi denies fleeing as cities overrun

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi denied Monday he had fled his country after protesters overran several cities, as his ...

US urges restraint, reform in Bahrain

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged restraint in Bahrain on Sunday, blasting as unacceptable any violence by ...