A bi-monthly session of China's top legislature opened on Monday with bills on food safety and speedy trials for minor offenses on the table.
As the military is expecting the delivery of 164 Leopard Main Battle Tank (MBT) and Marder infantry fighting vehicles from Germany, the two presidential hopefuls running for July 9 election are locked in heated argument about the procurement of those vehicles.
The Iraqi government has requested U.S. airstrikes to help it put down the advancement by Sunni insurgents, but senior U.S. defense officials said Wednesday that a clearer picture of the situation on the ground as well as clear objectives is required before any airstrikes or other military intervention.
Pakistan Defense Minister Khwaja Asif Sunday said that a decisive operation has been ordered against the militant groups in North Waziristan tribal region with consultations of all stakeholders.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation Saturday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, urging the U.S. to cast influence on Ukraine and help halt the violence there.
Indonesian military commander General Moeldoko on Thursday ordered military officers and soldiers to be neutral during the country's presidential race next month.
Visiting Pentagon head Chuck Hagel Thursday called on the European allies to raise army budgets, to modernize military capabilities.
Pakistan military said Wednesday that two soldiers were killed and three injured in Bajaur tribal region when rockets were fired from Afghan side of border.
Egypt's presidential candidate and leftist leader Hamdeen Sabahy on Thursday admitted his defeat in the elections that concluded Wednesday, losing to his sole rival, ex-military chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.
Turkish Armed Forces have launched a large-scale and wide-range military drill with the code name of EFES-2014 in Doganbey gulf of southwestern province of Izmir's Seferhisar district, according to a report here on Thursday.
An Indonesian military commander said on Wednesday that the country planned to build military facility near the disputed maritime border with Malaysia.
U.S. troops will take part in a multinational military exercise in Jordan next week in a bid to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to security and stability in the region, the Pentagon said Monday.
An Egyptian court sentenced on Monday an Islamist supporter of toppled president Mohamed Morsi to death, 18 others to life imprisonment for violence and murder charges in reaction to Morsi's removal last year, the official MENA news agency reported.
Russia's strategic forces conducted planned exercises Thursday in the country under the supervision of President Vladimir Putin, the Interfax news agency reported.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said Tuesday that the military deliberately attacked its fighters during an operation against the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf in the southern Philippine province of Basilan last Friday.
A massive amount of military secrets have been leaked from the state-run defense agency under the South Korean Defense Ministry, an opposition lawmaker said Thursday.
The United States should be a responsible partner for managing well the military-to-military relations with China as differences over sea issues and arms sales to Taiwan remain large, observers said.
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