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Taiwan

Claims of Chinese missiles in South China Sea spark tension in region

Taiwanese officials say China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system on an island in the South China Sea. The US also acknowledged

17/02/2016

Syria

'Up to 50 dead' including children in hospital strikes in Syria

The United Nations says up to 50 people have been killed in missile attacks on hospitals and schools in Syria. Médécins Sans Frontières reports seven

15/02/2016

World News

North Korea: broadcasts footage said to show latest missile launch

It comes as South Korea pulls its workers out of the jointly-run Kaesong Industrial complex due to fears profits are going to the North's missile programme.

11/02/2016

Turkey

Turkey says Russia violated its airspace, Erdogan calls for meeting with Putin

The Turkish government has announced that a Russian Sukhoi 34 fighter jet violated Turkish airspace on Friday despite several radar warnings. “We are

30/01/2016

Central African Republic

CAR: UN official emotional as new child sex abuse allegations revealed

European soldiers and United Nations peacekeepers are facing fresh accusations of child sexual abuse in Central African Republic. The United Nations

30/01/2016

World News

Myanmar's Suu Kyi readies for power as her party comes to parliament

They are doctors, poets, teachers, farmers, fishermen. Many are new to politics, and had to receive intensive instruction in law and constitutional

29/01/2016

Central African Republic

CAR: UN says it has heard fresh allegations of abuse by foreign soldiers

EUFOR Peacekeepers from Georgia, France and a third unnamed EU country involved.

29/01/2016

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India's Daredevils

India’s ‘Army Bravehearts’ wowed crowds with their stunt-filled performance at a Republic Day parade in Rajpath on Tuesday (26 January). The

27/01/2016

France

France's Hollande rounds off India trip with fighter jet deal agreed but not finalised

French President Francois Hollande has rounded off a trip to India, attending a parade in New Delhi to commemorate Republic Day alongside his host

26/01/2016

Germany

119 billion euros for German Army

The decision comes after criticism of the material German forces used abroad

26/01/2016

France

Charles De Gaulle aircraft carrier docks in UAE

France’s only aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle has been deployed in the Gulf since December for actions against the group calling itself

22/01/2016

Turkey

Turkish military continues operations against PKK

Military operations in the Turkish town of Cizre continued on Sunday as security forces clamped down on Kurdish militants. Cizre has been under

18/01/2016

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Images released of Iranian capture of US sailors

Iran’s state broadcaster, IRIB, has released photos and videos of the January 12 capture of ten US Navy sailors in Iranian waters. The sailors, in

15/01/2016

Iran

Iran's IRGC says has released detained US sailors

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it had released 10 members of the U.S. Navy.

13/01/2016

World News

Iran detains US sailors in Persian Gulf

Iran detained the crews of two US Navy boats in the Gulf on Tuesday after their vessels reportedly drifted into Iranian waters. Ten US sailors –

13/01/2016

Iran

Iran seizes two US Navy boats said to have strayed into Iranian-claimed waters

Iranian military forces have taken two US Navy boats into custody after allegedly straying into Iranian-claimed waters. Ten American sailors are

12/01/2016

Iraq

Iraqi forces hold Ramadi as ISIL launch major counter attacks

Iraqi forces continue to bolster their positions in Ramadi after reclaiming the shattered Iraqi city from ISIL on Monday. Terrified families emerge

08/01/2016

World News

Indian opposition party protests militant attack on air base

Members of India’s opposition Congress party have been protesting over an attack on an air force base near the Pakistan border.

03/01/2016

Afghanistan

Taliban captures more ground in Helmand, Afghanistan

The Taliban has captured more ground in Afghanistan’s Helmand province after months of heavy fighting. Helmand is where most of the world’s

27/12/2015

Iraq

Iraq 'few days' from liberating Ramadi from ISIL

Iraqi forces say they have recaptured a number of southern neighbourhoods from the group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL) in the city of Ramadi

25/12/2015