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London: The UK will send multiple-launch rocket systems to Ukraine to help the country in fighting against Russia, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said.The Foreign Office said that Britain will be sending M270 launchers, which are able to strike...

Copenhagen: Denmark has voted to join the European Union's defence pact and scrap its 30-year-old opt-out from the bloc's common security and defence policies.In a referendum held on Wednesday, a vast majority, or 66.9 per cent, of Danish citizens,...

Moscow:  Two Russian lawmakers, who called on President Vladimir Putin to end the war against Ukraine, have been expelled from the Communist Party, media reports said on Wednesday.Leonid Vasyukevich and Gennady Shulga were branded traitors and expelled for "discrediting...

Tokyo:  Japan and the United States held on Wednesday their first strategic negotiations on the development of cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as part of joint policies to counter China's growing power, the Kyodo news...

Washington:  Ukraine has given assurances to the United States that it will not fire the newly provided long-range rocket systems on Russian territory, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday."Specifically with regard to weapons systems we’ve provided,...

Taipei: Taiwan halted flight training and grounded its fleet of aging AT-3 jets after a 23-year-old cadet died in a crash during a solo mission early on Tuesday, a military official told the media.Second Lieutenant Hsu Ta-Chun was operating...

Washington: The Biden administration intends to provide Ukraine with precision-guided missiles that can hit targets from a distance of 40 miles as part of further effort to boost Ukrainian military in face of Russia’s operation, The Wall Street Journal...

Tbilisi:  Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia cancelled plans to hold a referendum on joining Russia which was scheduled for July 17, by the previous leadership, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday.In 2008 Russia and Georgia went to war over...

Beijing: Taiwan on Tuesday said that nearly 30 Chinese warplanes breached its air defence zone, BBC reported.Taiwanese authorities said that they deployed their own fighter jets to warn off the Chinese incursions into its air defence zone. The incident...

Beijing: China has ordered a review of the school textbooks nationwide amid public uproar over illustrations in math books that were deemed "ugly, sexually suggestive and secretly pro-American".The Chinese primary schools have been using a series of math textbooks...