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Iran terms US act of killing of Soleimani an 'extremely dangerous, foolish
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 03 (ANI): Iran on Thursday (local time) termed the US' act of killing the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani, an "extremely dangerous and a foolish" escalation.
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PLA - A year in review and preview
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jan 1 (ANI): Overall, 2019 was a year of setbacks for China, as it tussled with President Donald Trump in a brewing trade war, received stiffening criticism about its incarceration of at least a million Muslim Uighurs, and faced growing criticism of its foreign interference in
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US deploying additional troops to protect American Embassy in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 1 (ANI): Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the United States will send additional forces to support American personnel in Baghdad after Tuesday's attack on US Embassy in Iraq.
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Baghdad embassy attack: US will protect and defend its people, says Michae
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA] Jan 1 (ANI): Amid US embassy siege in Baghdad, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday held telephonic conversations with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and President Barham Salih separately, saying that the United States will protect and defend its people in Iraq.
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Strikes by US in Iraq, Syria an act of terrorism: Iran
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Dec 30 (ANI): Iran on Monday said that strikes by the United States against five targets of Iranian backed paramilitary groups in Iraq and Syria are an act of terrorism.
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Toll from US attacks in Iraq rises to 25, 51 injured
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 30 (ANI): The death toll from drone attacks of the United States against Kata'ib Hezbollah militia in Iraq has risen to 25, with 51 others left injured, the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, also known as Hashd al-Shaabi, said on Monday.
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8 Taliban terrorists killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec 26 (Sputnik/ANI): At least eight Taliban terrorists have been killed in Afghanistan's northwestern Badghis province during air raids by the national security forces, the country's Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
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8 killed in Syrian car bomb blast: Turkish Defence Ministry
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Dec 24 (ANI): At least eight civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed and dozens of others sustained injuries in a car bomb blast in Syria's northern province of Raqqa, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said on Monday.
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IDF servicemen injure armed Palestinian trying to illegally enter Israel
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Dec 23 (ANI): Israeli servicemen injured a Palestinian man armed with a knife while he was trying to cross the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) press service said.
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Trump officially launches US Space Force
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 22 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, authorising the establishment of Space Force which would become the sixth branch of the armed forces.
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Japan gets Iran's backing on plans to deploy SDF personnel to Middle East
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Dec 21 (ANI): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday gave a nod to Japan's plan to deploy Self-Defense Forces (SDF) personnel to the Middle East.
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L&T Technology Services inaugurates aerospace and defense engineering desi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): L&T Technology Services Limited, a leading global pure-play engineering services company, announced it has opened a design engineering center in Rockford, Illinois (USA) to cater to the new age digital requirements of the
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