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Ankara: Turkiye has "neutralized" 942 "terrorists" since January, the country's defense ministry said in a report on Thursday.Turkish authorities often use the term "neutralized" to imply the "terrorists" in question surrendered or were killed or captured.In addition, security forces...

Wellington: The New Zealand government has released for the first time its strategy for defense development and national security in a world "contending with a range of complex and disruptive security challenges," Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Friday.While...

Niamey: The president of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, said in an op-ed in the Washington Post that he has been taken hostage by the military coup in the country and called on the US and the international community to help...

Moscow: Ukraine attempted to attack a Russian naval base in the city of Novorossiysk overnight with two unmanned boats, which were detected and destroyed by Russia's warships, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday."This night, the Ukrainian armed forces attempted...

By B Nandakumar SharmaThe Kukis have occupied sizable territories in Manipur which earlier belonged to other ethnic communities especially the Nagas, Meiteis and other smaller groups either by coercing or intimidation and sometimes by using force. The Nagas (Kuki-Naga clashes...

Beijing: A new ultra-wideband radar life detector has passed the field test, the Science and Technology Daily reported on Friday.The detection signal of the detector can penetrate non-metallic material such as a brick wall, a wood panel, concrete, and...

Washington: Twitter owner Elon Musk said on Sunday that the social media platform will change its logo, bidding goodbye to "all the birds.""And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds," Musk tweeted,...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the Ukrainian armed forces had lost more than 26,000 people during the counteroffensive.Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said during talks with Putin that the US was estimating Ukrainian losses since the...

Islamabad: The Pakistani passport has been ranked the ‘fourth worst’ by this year’s Henley Passport Index, a ranking of the world’s 199 passports according to the number of destinations their owners can access without a prior visa.In the latest...

Washington: The US Senate rejected an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to require a congressional declaration of war prior to the United States engaging in an Article 5 response pursuant to its NATO...