The New Zealand government Wednesday unveiled details of a major military spending program to align its forces' capabilities with those of Australia and other defense partners.
Two Chinese UN peacekeepers were killed on July 10 during fierce fighting in Juba, the South Sudanese capital, between rival factions of the country's army, bringing the number of fallen Chinese blue helmets up to 13 since Beijing jointed the UN peacekeeping operations 26 years ago.
President Xi Jinping told the People's Liberation Army on Wednesday to improve its ground force's mobility and joint operations capability.
California Fitness has shut down its Singapore locations, meaning only one branch of the troubled gym chain remains open.
The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they were launching new operations after the end of the holy month of Ramadan, dismissing reports that they had been weakened following a change of leadership in May.
The Chinese Embassy in the United States on Thursday refuted a Wall Street Journal editorial, saying its call for stronger U.S. military response to the South China Sea issue is "reckless and alarming."
Japan's e-commerce behemoth Rakuten Inc. will close its online stores in Britain, Spain and Austria by the end of August, the company said Wednesday.
The Afghan security forces killed 53 militants during separate military operations since early Monday, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
Turkish army staged military operations in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey on Tuesday and killed 11 militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), Turkish Armed Forces said in a written statement on Wednesday.
Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) on April 20 resumed operations on a section of the Kyushu Shinkansen Line, which had been entirely suspended since the night of April 14 due to earthquakes that struck Kumamoto and surrounding prefectures.
At least five terrorists were killed and over 600 suspects arrested in an extensive operation launched by security forces across Pakistan's eastern Punjab province following the Sunday's deadly suicide blast in the provincial capital of Lahore, local media reported on Tuesday.
Pakistani security forces have launched operations in parts of eastern Punjab province where a suicide bomber killed at least 72 people and injured 315 others at a crowded park, the army said Monday.
The Philippine government is closely coordinating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the largest Muslim rebel group in the country, to ensure that the ongoing military operations in southern Philippines would not escalate and affect the peace process, a senior government official said Sunday.
More than 60 Taliban militants have been killed over the past three days as government forces launched aerial and ground operations against the armed outfit in parts of the northern Kunduz province over the weekend, police said Sunday.
Some 50 militants and three soldiers had been killed during military operations across Afghanistan within one day, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
In the wake of abduction of the five workers of International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in Afghanistan's restive Ghazni province the aid agency has suspended its operations in the province.
U.S. special troops and rangers have recently arrived in South Korea to participate in upcoming joint drills, the U.S. Forces Korea said Wednesday.
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