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Prime Minister calls allegations of Australian atrocities in Afghanistan 'disturbing'

FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s [...]

Post-Brexit UK announces largest military investment since Cold War

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the weekly question-time debate at the House of Commons in London, Britain, November 11, [...]

Germany approves 5.4 billion euro purchase of 38 Eurofighter jets: source

FILE PHOTO: A German Air Force Eurofighter plane takes off as part of the joint-exercise ‘Blue Wings 2020’ by the air forces of [...]

Musk's SpaceX wins Pentagon award for missile tracking satellites

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX won a US$149 million (S$203 million) contract to build missile-tracking satellites for the Pentagon, the US Space [...]

Philippine military to review troop accounts after Facebook purge

MANILA (AFP) – The Philippine military said Wednesday (Sept 23) it will review the social media accounts of service members after Facebook took [...]

No sign that North Korea is 'lashing out', says US general

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The head of US forces in South Korea, General Robert Abrams, said on Thursday (Sept 10) he does not expect [...]

Greece wants to bolster defense sector as tensions in east Mediterranean grow

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece plans to acquire arms, bolster up its army staff and revamp its defense industry, its government spokesman said on [...]

U.S. warship transits Taiwan Strait for second time in two weeks

TAIPEI (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy warship has transited the narrow and sensitive Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said on Monday, the second [...]

U.S. 'won't cede an inch' in Pacific, Esper says in swipe at China

(Reuters) – The United States has a responsibility to lead in the Pacific and “won’t cede an inch” to other countries that think [...]

Amid heightened tensions, Taiwan tells China not to underestimate its resolve

TAIPEI (Reuters) – China should not underestimate Taiwan’s resolve to defend itself, and China’s military threats will only cause Taiwan’s people to be [...]