Ankara/Istanbul, March 13 (IANS) The Turkish Defence Ministry said Friday that it intercepted a ballistic munition from Iran that entered Turkish airspace. “A ballistic munition fired from Iran and entering Turkish airspace has been neutralized by NATO air and missile defence elements deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean,” the ministry said in a statement.”All necessary precautions are being taken decisively and without hesitation against any threat directed at our country’s territory and airsp…
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Washington, March 11 (IANS) President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that American forces have inflicted devastating damage on Iran’s military infrastructure, claiming that Tehran has lost much of its naval and air defence capability as US strikes intensified during the ongoing conflict.Speaking to reporters before departing the White House, Trump described the operation as unprecedented in scale and effectiveness, asserting that Iranian military assets had been severely degraded.“Our milita…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Pakistan is likely to escalate attacks in Afghanistan as the war in Iran rages on. Islamabad has come under immense pressure to join the war in Iran, especially after Saudi Arabia was hit by missile strikes.Intelligence Bureau officials say that Pakistan is planning a major escalation in Afghanistan so that it can buy time or try to avoid joining the war in Iran. This would act as a major diversionary tactic, and Pakistan could use this as an excuse not to join the war…
Washington, March 4 (IANS) The Trump administration’s new defence doctrine prioritises deterring China in the Indo-Pacific while pushing US allies to assume greater responsibility for their own defence, Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby told the Senate Armed Services CommitteeTestifying before lawmakers on the 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS), Colby said the administration’s military planning centres on maintaining a favourable balance of power in Asia while ensuring allies step up th…
Washington, March 4 (IANS) The United States is urging allies to assume greater responsibility for regional security as it confronts simultaneous threats from adversaries across multiple regions, Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby told the Senate Armed Services Committee.Testifying on the Trump administration’s 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS), Colby said Washington must rely more heavily on partners and allies while focusing its own military resources on the most consequential challenge…
Washington, March 3, (IANS) President Donald Trump welcomed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to the Oval Office on Tuesday and cast the US-led campaign against Iran as decisive and overwhelming, saying Tehran’s military infrastructure had been “knocked out” and warning that its leadership faced “a lot of hurt.”Seated alongside Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and senior cabinet officials, Trump praised Merz as “a very successful man” who was “doing a very…
Washington, March 3 (IANS) In a meeting intended to underscore Transatlantic unity, US President Donald Trump instead delivered a pointed rebuke of two key European allies, calling Spain and the United Kingdom “very, very uncooperative” and faulting them over Nato spending, military access, immigration, and energy policy. “Spain has been very, very uncooperative. And so has the UK,” Trump said on Tuesday during the Oval Office session with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.”This is not the age of…
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) A congressional hearing has been called next week to examine what organisers describe as China’s expanding reach into Europe’s economic sectors, public institutions, and research fields, and the risks it poses to US strategic interests and the NATO alliance.The hearing, titled “Responding to China’s Infiltration and Coercion in Europe”, scheduled for March 4, has been convened by the independent Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as t…
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) US President Donald Trump strode into the House chamber to chants of “USA, USA, USA,” and delivered a State of the Union address built as much for the room as for the cameras — a rolling blend of victory lap, grievance and theatre that cast his second-term as a national rescue mission and his opponents as the one remaining obstacle to a promised “golden age of America.”With Speaker Mike Johnson introducing him and Vice President J.D. Vance seated behind the ro…
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) President Donald Trump declared that the United States had “obliterated Iran’s nuclear weapons program,” pushed NATO allies to sharply raise defence spending, and “ENDED 8 wars” in a sweeping projection of American military and geopolitical strength.Describing what he called “a breathtaking operation” known as “Operation Midnight Hammer,” Trump told Congress the US military had “obliterated Iran’s nuclear weapons program with an attack on Iranian s…