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Tajikistan pardons more than 100 citizens who returned from Syria and Iraq

Tajikistan has pardoned more than 100 of its nationals following their return home from Syria and Iraq, where they had…

Staff Writer With AFP

US 2018 Nuclear Posture Review: It’s the Baltic states, stupid!

What the nuclear posture review fails to grasp is that when combined with a strong conventional presence, US reliance on…

Opinion Editor

Russia to order 12 fifth generation Su-57 stealth fighters to “test combat use”

Russia is to order 12 of the fifth generation Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter aircraft this year, and expects 14 Su-30SM…

Fergus Kelly

China dispatches Su-35s to patrol South China Sea

China deployed Su-35 advanced fighter jets to patrol the South China Sea, the People's Liberation Army Air Force said.

Joanne Stocker

Coalition and SDF thwart Syrian ‘pro-regime’ forces attack in Deir Ezzor

US-led Coalition forces and partnered Syrian Democratic Forces fended off what appears to be a coordinated attack on the SDF…

Joanne Stocker

Philippines says Bell helicopters purchased from Canada ‘not for attack’

The Philippine military denied it planned to use 16 Bell 412EPI helicopters bought from Canada as attack aircraft against local…

Staff Writer With AFP

UN Security Council to discuss Syria humanitarian truce

The United Nations Security Council will hold a closed-door meeting on Thursday to discuss an appeal from U.N. aid officials…

Staff Writer With AFP

Kashmir looks for peace as ceasefire violations increase on the India-Pakistan border

People living along the India-Pakistan border in Kashmir look for peace as ceasefire violations on both sides continue to increase

Raqib Hameed Naik

Iraqi forces attack ISIS remnants around Tuz Khurmatu

Iraqi forces backed by the U.S.-led Coalition began a major operation against Islamic State fighters hiding out in a northeastern…

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia plans to launch second Blagovest military satellite in April

The launch of the second of four Russian Blagovest military satellites is planned for April after it was delayed in December,…

Joanne Stocker