Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday Russia is not a threat to any other countries, vowing that Russia will stay out of any geopolitical conflict.
South Korean military fired warning shots Monday at soldiers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), who were coming closer to the military demarcation line (MDL), an official at Seoul's defense ministry said.
The auditing office for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been put under the direct management of the Central Military Commission (CMC), a move aiming to heighten its independence and authority.
Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Thursday met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and senior defense officials in Kabul and offered training to the Afghan military personnel.
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is likely to survive a retroactive impeachment complaint filed against her in the National Legislative Assembly ( NLA) primarily because of the reconciliation efforts initiated by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha and the ruling military junta, analysts here said.
Three West African leaders visited Burkina Faso on Wednesday to help the country return to civilian rule after the military took power following the resignation of President Blaise Compaore.
Authorities Tuesday imposed strict curfew and restrictions in most parts of Srinagar city to prevent religious procession on occasion of the 10th of Muharram and anti-military protests in the wake of civilian killings, officials said.
Lebanon fears that militants of the al-Qaeda linked group, the al-Nusra Front, would open a new front in southern Lebanon for cross-border attacks from their positions in southern Syria, a military source said on Thursday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday approved a measure to place under a 21-day supervised isolation regimen all military service members returning from Ebola response efforts in West Africa.
Turkey is further boosting security measures along the Turkish-Syrian border in a bid to confront threats from the Islamic State (IS) in Syria by sending military tanks to southeastern Turkey, private Cihan News Agency reported on Thursday.
Dozens of U.S. military advisors arrived in Iraq on Wednesday to train the country's security forces as they continue to face obstacles in their fight against the Islamic State (IS) militant group, officials said.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday are holding military talks at the truce village of Panmunjom, local broadcaster YTN reported.
Casualties were feared after a suicide car bombing targeted a military convoy of the NATO-led troops in eastern Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday morning, police said.
Finnish political parties have reached a consensus on increasing the country's military spending, with a parliamentary working group proposing annual increases in Defence Forces appropriations for arms purchases.
It is impossible for NATO to have direct military involvement in the Ukraine crisis unless the eastern European country becomes a member, a British defense expert at a leading think-tank said Friday.
A senior UN envoy called on Iraqi government to probe into the attack at Camp Speicher military base in June and massacres of hundreds of Iraqis soldiers by extremists, a UN spokesman said Wednesday.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday voiced his concern about the reported military coup in Lesotho, and called for a "peaceful and lasting resolution" of all parties' differences.
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