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US, Indonesia open annual CARAT exercise

The US and Indonesia opened the annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness And Training (CARAT) training exercise on Tuesday, ...

Taliban free four Turkish engineers in Afghanistan

The Taliban Sunday freed four of eight Turkish engineers taken hostage last month after their helicopter crashed in ...

Syria will `respond immediately` to any Israel strike

Syria threatened on Thursday an immediate response to any new Israeli strike, after two reported attacks on military ...

Bombs, mosque attack kill 17 in Iraqi capital

At least 17 people were killed by three bombs and a grenade attack on a mosque in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday, ...

US condemns Nigeria violence

The United States Monday condemned clashes between troops and Islamist militants in northeastern Nigeria which saw ...

187 dead, 77 injured after fierce Nigeria clashes

Heavy fighting between Nigerian troops and suspected Islamist insurgents has killed 187 people and injured 77 others, ...

Garuda contingent continues to carry out mission in Darfur: Envoy

The Garuda Contingent will continue to carry out its peace mission in West Darfur, Sudan, under the aegis of the ...

Japan ready to ink military pact with S. Korea "at any time"

The Japanese ambassador to Seoul said Wednesday that Tokyo is prepared to sign a military intelligence pact with ...

S. Korea to deploy K-11 assault rifles in June

South Korea will issue K-11 assault rifles to frontline troops in June after fixing defects that had caused the rifle ...

Red Cross appeals for $43mn for war-hit Mali

The Red Cross has appealed for an additional $43 million to help hundreds of thousands of people in war-torn Mali, and ...

France withdraws first batch of soldiers from Mali

France has withdrawn its first batch of soldiers from Mali, the army said Tuesday, as it begins to pull out troops ...

Syria urges rebels to lay down weapons

The Syrian government on Sunday urged the armed militant groups across the country to be "rational " and lay down ...

White House not seeing large-scale mobilizations by N. Korea

The United States takes seriously North Korea`s war threats but has not seen any sort of large-scale mobilization of ...

Putin arrives at mil exercise site

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

11,200 peacekeepers needed for Mali

Up to 11,200 troops could be needed for a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali but a "parallel" military force will have to ...