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US, China hold security, diplomatic dialogue
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 10 (ANI): United States Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis met with Director of the Office of Foreign Affairs of the Central Commission of the Communist Party of China Yang Jiechi and State Councilor and Defense Minister Gen
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Israel to open Quneitra checkpoint on border with Syria
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Sept 27 (Sputnik/ANI): Israel is ready to open the Quneitra checkpoint -- the only official border crossing point with Syria, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday.
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Shinzo Abe re-elected as LDP head, may become Japan's longest-serving PM
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Sep 20 (ANI): Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected as the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Thursday for the third term, paving the way for him to become the country's premier for three more years.
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MiG-31 fighter jet crashes in Central Russia, both pilots eject
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 19 (Sputnik/ANI): A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet crashed on Wednesday in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Both pilots ejected successfully, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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Rafale row: Opposition trying to malign Centre, says Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Slamming the Opposition for raising question over Rafale deal, Union Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that proper Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) was followed while signing the deal for the "benefit of the nation".
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Owaisi criticises Centre over 'hasty' 2+2 dialogue
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi wrote a letter to Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan saying the government was taking a hasty decision by agreeing to the '2+2' dialogue with the United States.
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Turkey blocks Greek Defence Minister from approaching Aegean islets
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 28 (ANI): Turkey's Interior Ministry has stated that the Turkish Coast Guard on Sunday blocked Greece's defense minister Panos Kammenos from approaching a pair of islets in the Aegean Sea.
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Sitharaman visits project Seabird at Karwar Naval Base
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday visited project Seabird at Karwar Naval Base, Karnataka, accompanied by the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba.
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Argentine navy chief sacked over submarine tragedy
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 17 (ANI): The head of the Argentine Navy, Admiral Marcelo Eduardo Hipolito Srur, has been sacked over disappearance of a submarine with 44 crew members aboard last month.
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Russia blames US for carpet-bombing in Raqqa
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] Oct. 15 (ANI): Russian Defense Minister Major Gen Igor Konashenkov accused United States of conducting the so-called carpet-bombing of residential areas in Syria's Raqqa.
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Most 'warmhearted scene' since Doklam stand-off: Chinese media on Sitharam
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 10 (ANI): The state-run Chinese media has hailed the recent friendly exchange between Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the Chinese troops at the Sino-Indian border in Nathu-la on Saturday, terming it as the most 'warmhearted scene' ever since a truce wa
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FICCI looks forward to implement 'Make in India' in defense production
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 4 (ANI): The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) welcomes the reconstitution of the Union Council of ministers by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and looks forward to rapid implementation of 'Make in India' in defense production, under the new
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