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Missile kills 26 as key Syria battle enters third week

A missile strike near Syria`s biggest city Aleppo killed 26 people and government warplanes pounded Qusayr, a watchdog ...

N. Korea dominates Park`s 100 days

As presidential baptisms go, being threatened with a pre-emptive nuclear strike within 10 days of taking office is ...

RI, Vietnam share views on geopolitical challenges

Indonesian Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung delivered speeches at a ...

Japan orders shooting down of N Korea Missile

Japan has ordered its armed forces to shoot down any North Korean missile headed towards its territory, a defence ...

Putin arrives at mil exercise site

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the Krasnodar Territory to watch the large-scale military exercises ...

Australia to withdraw most troops from Afghanistan in 2013

Most of Australian troops in Afghanistan will return home and their main military base at Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan ...

China to buy Russian fighters, subs

China has agreed to buy two dozen fighter jets and four submarines from Russia, state media reported Monday, the ...

Taiwan to aim 50 medium-range missiles at China

Taiwan is set to produce 50 medium-range missiles next year that will target military bases in southeast China, a ...

Singapore expected to order F-35 fighter jets soon

Singapore is in the "final stages of evaluating" the F-35 to upgrade its air force, a process US sources say ...

Hundreds of Islamists killed in Mali fighting: France

Several hundred Islamists have been killed in airstrikes and direct combat in Mali since France launched an offensive ...

UK Secretary of State for Defence to visit Indonesia

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond MP is scheduled to arrive in Indonesia on Tuesday for a ...

Japan to boost military budget amid China row

Japan will increase military spending in 2013 for the first time in more than a decade, the ruling party said Tuesday, ...

Japan`s Abe picks mp Onodera as defence minister

New Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed lower house lawmaker Itsunori Onodera as defence minister on Wedesday ...

RI president leaves Kuala Lumpur for India

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono left Kuala Lumpur at 1.45 pm local time for a working visit to India. ...

RI pushing for implementation of Lombok Ageement

The Indonesian government continues to evaluate the implementation in Malaysia of the Lombok Agreement on the ...