Brussels, March 4 (IANS) About 1,255,600 asylum seekers applied for international protection in the European Union (EU) member states in 2015, a number more than double that of the previous year. According to Eurostat, the…
Copenhagen, March 4 (IANS) The Danish government on Friday announced plans to send Special Forces and F-16 fighter jets into Iraq and Syria to join the fight against the Islamic State (IS). “The government wants…
Moscow, March 4 (IANS) Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday expressed concern over North Korea’s statement on a recent sanctions resolution adopted by the UN Security Council. “Obviously, there is serious concern. We are very…
Geneva, March 4 (IANS) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday issued a six-point plan to guide EU member states in solving the refugee crisis which is showing no signs of abating. “We…
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) Pakistan will assess on ground the security measures in place ahead of the forthcoming World T20 in India before clearing the participation of its team in the cricket tournament later this…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Asserting that the World T20 clash between India and Pakistan will be held in Dharamsala, Himachal Praesh, on March 19 as scheduled, the Indian cricket board and the central government…
Tokyo, March 4 (IANS) Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday ordered the suspension of construction of a new US military base in Okinawa prefecture. “The government has decided to accept the court-mediated settlement plan,”…
Jamnagar, March 4 (IANS) India is considering manufacturing indigenously a second line of fighter aircraft and a decision on the issue will be taken within a year, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said…
Pyongyang, March 4 (IANS) North Korea on Friday strongly condemned the new UN Security Council resolution and threatened to take resolute measures against it. The new resolution, which further tightens sanctions against North Korea, is…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The government has kept “adequate money” for the purchase of Rafale fighter jets from France while provisions have been made to continue the process of raising a mountain strike corps,…
Mosul, March 4 (IANS) At least fifteen Islamic State militants and two Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers were killed on Friday in attacks launched by the IS in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The security official…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, March 4 (IANS) Chinas defence spending will increase by about 7 to 8 percent this year, the government said on Friday, adding that the rise was lower than that of last…
Jerusalem, March 4 (IANS) A Palestinian woman was shot dead by Israeli security forces in the West Bank on Friday after she allegedly attempted to run over a soldier and injured him. The incident occurred…
Pathankot: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being given a presentation on counter-terrorism and combing operation by the Defence Forces, at Pathankot Airbase on Jan 9, 2016. Also seen the National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, the Chief…
Jamnagar (Gujarat), March 4 (IANS) India is committed to peace for which it needs an “effective deterrence” and a “strong defence force,” President Pranab Mukherjee said here on Friday. “India is firmly committed to peace…
Jammu, March 4 (IANS) The BSF’s new Director General K.K. Sharma on Friday arrived here to inspect a 50-metre long tunnel unearthed on Thursday that facilitated infiltration from the Pakistani side of the international border,…
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) China will raise its defence budget by seven to eight percent in 2016, compared with last year’s 10.1 percent, an official said on Friday. The announcement was made by Fu Ying,…
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) The US is militarising the South China Sea, a spokesperson for China’s national legislature said on Friday. Fu Ying, spokesperson for this year’s annual session of the National People’s Congress, said…
Seoul, March 4 (IANS) South Korea and the US began talks on Friday over the deployment of an American anti-missile system – Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system (THAAD) – a controversial project that has…
Jammu, March 4 (IANS) BSF Director General D.K. Pathak will be here on Friday to take stock of security on the international border following the discovery of a 50-metre long tunnel in R.S. Pura sector…