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Senkaku Islands protected by US-Japan Security Treaty, says Pentag
Updated : 14 hours, 57 min ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 24 (ANI): US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin held a telephone conversation with his Japanese counterpart Nobuo Kishi and discussed the security situation in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly the East China Sea territorial disputes, the US Department of Defen
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Indonesian bombings: US moves to try 3 terrorists held at Guantana
Updated : 22 hours, 15 min ago IST
Washington [US], January 24 (ANI): The United States military prosecutors have filed charges against an Indonesian and two Malaysian terrorists accused of conspiring in 2002 Bali bombings and 2003 Jakarta attack, the Pentagon announced.
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US Senate confirms retired general Austin as Pentagon chief
Updated : 1 day, 23 hours ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): United States Senate on Friday confirmed retired General Lloyd Austin as the new secretary of defence.
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Biden announces key nominees for Department of Defense
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 31 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday selected two former senior officials for top positions at the Pentagon, according to the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition team.
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Biden's transition team expresses concern over tensions with Defen
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden's transition team on Friday expressed concern regarding an 'abrupt halt' in cooperation with the Defense Department, according to The Hill.
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Pakistan refusal to act against 26/11 perpetrators shows its 'insi
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 24 (ANI): Pakistan's refusal to act against perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack which claimed the lives of over 160 people including 6 Americans is a testimony to the lack of seriousness from Islamabad in combating terrorism emanating from its soil, said
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Trump orders Pentagon to withdraw 2,500 troops from Afghanistan, I
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered the Pentagon to pull 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by mid-January, acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced Tuesday.
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Trump anticipated to order further troop withdrawal from Afghanist
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], November 17 (ANI): US military commanders are anticipating that a formal order given by President Donald Trump as soon as this week will begin a further withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq before Trump leaves office on January 20, according to two US officials
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Another top Pentagon official resigns from his post following Defe
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], November 11 (ANI): After US President Donald Trump fired former Defence Secretary Mark Esper on Monday, another Pentagon official on Tuesday announced his resignation, marking another high profile departure from the Defence Department.
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US forces rescue American citizen held hostage in Nigeria
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): The US forces have conducted a rescue operation of an American citizen in northern Nigeria on Saturday, the Pentagon said.
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China setting worst precedence of Uyghur genocide, says former Pen
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], October 30 (ANI): The worst danger of China's Uyghur Muslim genocide is the terrible precedent that Beijing has set which other countries might target and seek to eradicate their own Muslim majorities, said a former Pentagon official.
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Alarm grows at China's military trajectory
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Hong Kong, September 14 (ANI): The India-China border has joined the South and East China Seas as the hottest points of tension for the Chinese military. These areas of dispute have caused a growing chorus of worldwide alarm at Beijing's ambitions and military capability, as exemplified in t
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