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Washington: The United States has redoubled efforts to reform and improve Taiwan's defense system amid alleged threat from China, while honing its experience in supplying Ukraine with arms and military equipment, the New York Times reported, citing US officials.On...

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will convene the National Security Council on May 26 to discuss the applications of Finland and Sweden to join NATO, Turkish media reported on Wednesday.In addition to the applications of Sweden and Finland...

Washington: YouTube considers the Chinese social media platform TikTok to be a serious competitor, company CEO Susan Wojcicki said on Tuesday.“We definitely see a really strong competition coming out of China, specifically with TikTok,” Wojcicki said during a discussion...

Tehran: Two pilots died in an F-7 fighter jet crash in Iran's central Isfahan province on Tuesday, the Tasnim news agency reported, citing a local official.The F-7 aircraft was on a training mission in Anarak area of Isfahan at...

Ankara: Three Turkish soldiers were killed and four others injured during Ankara's anti-terrorist operation against militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.In April, Ankara launched the Claw-Lock operation against...

Moscow: Russia is revising its foreign policy concept, designing a new edition of the document that outlines the country's priorities and interests on the international arena, in a collective process involving a lot of relevant parties, Russian Foreign Ministry...

Tokyo: Japan scrambled its fighter jets and sent official protests to both Russia and China over their joint military aircraft flight over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea on Tuesday, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said."On...

Washington: The situation in Ukraine would ideally result in the transformation of Ukraine into a neutral bridge state between Russia and Europe, former US Secretary of State and veteran foreign policy scholar Henry Kissinger said at the World Economic...

Brussels: The Border Commissions of Armenia and Azerbaijan will hold their first meeting in the coming days, European Council President Charles Michel said here on Monday."The first joint meeting of the Border Commissions will take place on the inter-state...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin will join the Eurasian Economic Forum in Kyrgyzstan by video link, his spokesman confirmed to Sputnik on Sunday.Asked whether the president will take part in the forum’s video conference, Dmitry Peskov replied, "Yes."The forum...