Venezuelans learn to shoot, fight at war drills to defy Trump
AFP, Caracas :Venezuelan troops taught civilians how to shoot rifles, fire missiles and engage in hand-to-hand combat during drills held Saturday in defiance of US...
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Iraqi forces capture Tal Afar center from Islamic State
Reuters, Tal Afar :Iraqi forces have dislodged Islamic State from 70 percent of Tal Afar, a stronghold of the militants in northwestern Iraq, including its...
N Korea tests short-range missiles as S Korea, US conduct drills
Reuters, Seoul :North Korea fired several short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast early on Saturday, South Korea and the U.S. military said,...
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US fighter pilots prepare for more air strikesReuters, AfghanistanFor the fighter pilots at the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan, President Donald Trump’s new strategy...
US won’t pull back from South China Sea ops
AFP, Washington :An American general insisted Friday the United States would not pull back from operations in the disputed South China Sea to combat Beijing’s...
41m hit by South Asia flooding, situation could worsen: UN
PTI, United Nations :Almost 41 million people have been affected by flooding and landslides in India, Bangladesh and Nepal and there is possibility the situation...
Venezuela kicks off war games in warning to Trump
AFP, Caracas :Venezuela kicks off two days of military drills on Saturday in response to US President Donald Trump’s threat of military action and newly...
Islamabad leaders to Trump Don’t scapegoat Pakistan
AP, Islamabad :Pakistan’s top political and military leaders on Thursday offered a stark response to Donald Trump’s accusations earlier this week, telling the American president...
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Turkey dismisses over 900 public sector workersAFP, Ankara Turkey has dismissed over 900 public sector officials in the latest wave of the purge that has...
NATO chief demands Russian ‘transparency’ on war games
AFP, Warsaw :NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday urged the Kremlin to comply with rules on transparency as it gears up for huge military...
IS attack kills 34 Syrian forces in Raqa province
AFP, Beirut :At least 34 Syrian soldiers and allied fighters have been killed in an Islamic State counterattack in the east of Raqa province, rolling...
US to limit visas from 4 nations that won`t take deportees
AP, Washington :The Trump administration is poised to impose visa restrictions on four Asian and African nations refusing to take back their citizens who’ve been...