This tiny, rocky outcrop in the north-west of the Black Sea was seized by Russia on the first day of its invasion of Ukraine, and it has played an outsized role in the war ever since. Read M... Read more
1st Time In Ukraine War – Russia Uses Its Heavyweight Tu-22M3 Bombers To Strike Kiev From Belarusian Airspace
“For the first time from the territory of Belarus, the enemy used long-range Tu-22M3 bombers against Ukraine,” said the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a statement on Face... Read more
Fault lines In Pakistan-Taliban Ties Emerge Over Acceptance Of Durand Line
The refusal to accept the status of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan (Durand Line) by the Taliban regime has clearly shown the cracks in their relationship. Read More… Read more
Agnipath: India’s New Approach To Military Recruitment
The Indian Armed Forces’ long-standing methodology of recruitment of personnel below officers rank was all but blown to bits as Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh announced a new recruitm... Read more
Australian Deputy PM In India To Boost Security Ties
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles is in New Delhi to boost defence ties with India. It is the first high-level visit from the country after the new... Read more
At a time when an American military officer termed Chinese military infrastructure development along the border with India as “alarming”, it has emerged that the Chinese Air Forc... Read more
The 19th Shangri-La Dialogue will be held here from Friday to Sunday after a two-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing mainly on security in the Asia-Pacific region and viab... Read more
Kashmir At Inflection Point: Subversive Bureaucracy May Be Scuttling Government Efforts To Normalise
After the special status enshrined under Article 370 was made inapplicable to Jammu and Kashmir on 5 August 2019, there were fears of mass unrest matched by an equal degree of hope for posit... Read more
Former Afghan Minister Returns To Kabul At Taliban Invitation
A former Afghan minister, who fled as the Taliban took over Afghanistan last year, returned on Wednesday, officials said, following security assurances given as part of the hardline group... Read more
India Crackdown Forces Rohingya Refugees To Go Underground, Flee To Bangladesh
The detention of dozens of Rohingya refugees in the north Indian city of Jammu, a north Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and the deportation of the two refugees to Myanmar has tr... Read more