Putin makes 'surprise' visit to frontline, reviews status of operations

Moscow (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has made an unannounced visit to two command posts in the "newly incorporated territories" from Ukraine, where he reviewed the progress of military operation against Ukrainian forces, the Kremlin said…

S.Korea, US begin large-scale combined air drills

Seoul (IANS) South Korea and the US kicked off large-scale combined air drills on Monday, the South's Air Force said, amid joint efforts to sharpen deterrence against Pyongyang's military threats.

About 110 aircraft and more than 1,400…

Death toll rises to 97 as fighting rages in Sudan

Khartoum (IANS) Clashes in Sudan's capital Khartoum raged for a third day, raising the death toll to 97, a doctors' union said in a statement on Monday.

Hundreds of civilians were wounded in the violence, Xinhua news agency quoted the…

Kenya, South Sudan call for ceasefire amid fighting in Sudan

Nairobi (IANS) Kenya and South Sudan have called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan where the military and a paramilitary group are engaged in fierce fighting.

Kenyan President William Ruto and his South Sudan counterpart, Salva Kiir, in separate…

S.Korea, US, Japan agree to hold joint military drills regularly

Seoul (IANS) South Korea, the US and Japan have agreed to hold missile defence and anti-submarine exercises regularly to counter growing North Korean threats, Seoul's Defence Ministry said on Saturday.

The three nations reached the agreement…

N.Korea says it tested new solid-fuel ICBM to improve nuclear counterattack posture

Seoul (IANS) North Korea said on Friday the missile used in its recent launch was its new solid-fuel Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), with leader Kim Jong-un saying that the weapon will "radically promote" the country's nuclear…

Sitharaman calls for debt restructuring to address global crisis

New Delhi (IANS) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has strongly called for timely debt restructuring as a solution to global debt crisis.

She made the remark on the first day of the G20 Finance Ministers Central Bank Governors (FMCBG)…

Russian fighter jet escorts German patrol plane over Baltic Sea

Moscow (IANS) A Russian Su-27 fighter jet escorted a German patrol plane over the Baltic Sea to prevent it from entering Russia's airspace, the Defence Ministry here said.

According to the Ministry, after detecting an air target over the…

Discussion on transfer of Finnish fighters abroad currently irrelevant: Minister

Helsinki (IANS) Finland's Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen said a discussion about the possible transfer of Finnish fighters abroad is "currently irrelevant".

Kaikkonen made the remarks during a TV interview on Ukraine's call for negotiations…

Fire erupts in Japan nuke plant

Tokyo (IANS) A fire broke out at an idled nuclear power plant in Japan's Niigata prefecture on Tuesday, and was quickly extinguished, local media said.

The fire was detected just after 11 a.m. at the No. 5 reactor building at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa…