13 days ago
Maoist attack linked to leadership change?
A recent news report has quoted intelligence sources as saying there has been a change of guard in the Communist Party of India-Maoist - in Dandakaranya, the rebel hub in the country's very heart.It said a guerrilla known by his nom de guerre Ramanna had been appointed the new secretary for the region, replacing Kosa.The Dandakaranya forest is spread over 100,000 sq km in five states and is known ... read more

New Delhi | 22 days ago
India, China vow to resolve border row, boost ties
New Delhi, May 20 - India and China scripted a new chapter in their ties Monday as Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh candidly discussed their recent border row and decided to take steps for an early resolution of a dispute that triggered a war in 1962.Li, making New Delhi his first halt in his foreign trip after assuming office in March, and Manmohan Singh also agreed that the w ... read more

New Delhi | 22 days ago
India, China vow to resolve border row, boost ties
New Delhi, May 20 - India and China scripted a new chapter in their ties Monday as Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh candidly discussed their recent border row and decided to take steps for an early resolution of a dispute that triggered a war in 1962.Li, making New Delhi his first halt in his foreign trip after assuming power in March, and Manmohan Singh also agreed that the wo ... read more

Seoul | 23 days ago
North Korea fires short-range missile
Seoul, May 19 - North Korea Sunday fired a short-range missile into the East Sea, even as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was concerned over Pyongyang's latest missile launches and urged the regime to return to the talks on its controversial nuclear programme.Citing an anonymous military official in Seoul, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the short-range missile launch came a day aft ... read more

Kabul | 1 month ago
Afghan peace precondition to security pact with US: Karzai
Kabul, May 9 - The US can establish military bases in Afghanistan after inking a security agreement but Kabul's precondition for the deal is to ensure durable peace in the war-torn country, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday.For signing the security agreements with the United States, we have preconditions and the first precondition is to bring about security in Afghanistan, Xinhua quoted ... read more

Bishkek | 1 month ago
Body parts found at US plane crash site in Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek, May 5 - Parts of the pilots' bodies have been discovered at the site of Friday's US military plane crash in Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz emergencies ministry said.Several parts of the pilots' bodies have been found, and the search of the site continues, a spokeswoman for the ministry's press service said, citing Kalys Akhmatov, head of the rescue service training centre.Forty rescue workers wer ... read more

Los Angeles | 1 month ago
Cooper to star in Spielberg's 'American Sniper'
Los Angeles, May 4 - Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper will reportedly star in Steven Spielberg's forthcoming film American Sniper.The film is based on a book American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US Military History, penned by by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice, reports contactmusic.com.The book is about Kyle, who was shot and killed at the Texas shooting range in ... read more

Bishkek | 1 month ago
US refuelling plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek, May 4 - A US military Boeing KC-135 refuelling aircraft crashed in a mountainous area in Kyrgyzstan for unspecified reasons, the US Air Force said. The fate of the crew remained unclear.A US Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft crashed today - in northern Kyrgyzstan, the US Air Force's 376th Air Expeditionary Wing based in the country said.The Boeing KC-135, also known as the Stratotanker, cr ... read more

Washington | 1 month ago
Obama vows closing Guantanamo detention facility
Washington, May 1 - US President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to make a new push to close the American military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as the US military sent extra medical personnel there to deal with prisoners on a hunger strike.The prisoners are protesting conditions and their long detentions.Guantanamo Bay is contrary to who we are, unsustainable and harmful to US interests, ... read more

Beijing | 1 month ago
US-China military ties very important: China's top soldier
Beijing, April 22 - The interaction between Chinese and US armies is of great importance, Fang Fenghui, chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, said here Monday. - not only concerns the relations between the two armies, but also affects the peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific region, Fang told a joint press conference after talks with visiting chairman of the US Joi ... read more