Tag: Military
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Officials in breakaway Transnistria blame Ukrainian drone strike after military site explosion – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] A drone strike at a military installation in Moldova’s breakaway republic of Transnistria on Sunday destroyed a helicopter and ignited a fire, officials said. The area’s pro-Russian authorities blamed the strike on Ukraine. Russia bases about 1,500 troops in Transnistria, nominally as peacekeepers, guarding huge Soviet-era weapons and ammunition stockpiles at the military depot…
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China Says it Backs Maldives to Safeguard Sovereignty as First Batch of Indian Military Personnel Leaves
[ad_1] Last Updated: March 12, 2024, 22:01 IST Although the agreement was signed, details of the defense cooperation agreement were not provided. Indian military personnel stationed in the Maldives manning the operations of a helicopter left the country after handing over the operations of the chopper to an Indian civilian crew China said on Tuesday…
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US Military Airlifts Embassy Personnel From Haiti as Caribbean Nation Reels Under ‘Emergency’
[ad_1] Last Updated: March 10, 2024, 22:08 IST Police patrol a street after authorities extended the state of emergency amid gang violence that has threatened to bring down the government, forcing thousands to flee their homes, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 8. (Reuters) U.S. military conducts operation in Haiti, evacuating embassy personnel amidst escalating gang violence.…
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China Signs Defence Deal With Maldives to Provide Free Military Assistance; Details Undisclosed
[ad_1] Last Updated: March 04, 2024, 22:02 IST Although the agreement was signed, details of the defense cooperation agreement were not provided. China signs defence cooperation agreement with Maldives amid tensions with India over military personnel withdrawal. Details undisclosed China on Monday signed a defence cooperation agreement with the Maldives to provide free military aid…
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US Military Aircraft Airdrop Thousands Of Meals Into Gaza In Emergency Humanitarian Aid Operation
[ad_1] Last Updated: March 03, 2024, 00:01 IST Read all latest and breaking World News on News18.com U.S. military C130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance authorized by President Joe Biden after more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods…
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India, China in ‘Constructive Communication’ to Settle Ladakh Standoff: Chinese Military
[ad_1] Last Updated: March 01, 2024, 21:31 IST Chinese troops on border in Ladakh. (Representative File Image: PTI) In Beijing, China’s Ministry of National Defence said the two militaries conducted positive, in-depth, and constructive communication on resolving border issues of mutual concern China and India have maintained constructive communication to find a mutually acceptable solution…
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Jailed former Thai PM Thaksin gets parole, capping a reconciliation with military that ousted him – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who last year returned from more than a decade of self-imposed exile to serve a prison sentence for misdeeds committed while in office, has been granted parole and could be released this weekend, the country’s justice minister announced Tuesday. Parole for Thaksin would be a…
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Myanmar Junta Enforces Military Service Law Following Battlefield Losses
[ad_1] Published By: Aditi Ray Chowdhury Last Updated: February 10, 2024, 23:48 IST Nay Pyi taw, Myanmar (Burma) Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing (C) poses for photo with other parties leaders and diplomats. (Image:AFP) Three years on, the junta is struggling to crush widespread armed opposition to its rule and recently suffered a series…
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South Korea Military Says North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile
[ad_1] Published By: Saurabh Verma Last Updated: December 17, 2023, 23:02 IST Japan’s defence ministry also said North Korea launched what appears to be a ballistic missile, with its coastguard adding that it seemed to have already fallen.(File: AP) The missile flew around 570 kilometres (354 miles) before landing in the East Sea, it said,…
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‘Indian Govt Has Agreed,’ Says President Muizzu on India’s Military Presence in Maldives
[ad_1] Last Updated: December 04, 2023, 10:15 IST Touted by his advisors as a pragmatic leader, Mohamed Muizzu is expected to eventually give in to the fact that Maldives needs India, its closest, largest and most reliable partner in the realm of defence, security and trade. (Photo: Reuters file) Muizzu won the presidential election in…