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By DOUG CAMERON April 6, 2015 6:12 p.m. ET The State Department has approved Pakistan’s request to buy almost $1 billion in U.S.-made attack helicopters, missiles and other equipment aimed at fighting insurgents in the country’s mountainous north and west regions. U.S. defense companies are...

My Neighbourhood (directed by Julia Bacha and Rebekah Wingert-Jabi) tells the story of Mohammed El Kurd, a Palestinian teenager growing up in the heart of East Jerusalem. When Mohammed's family is forced to give up a part of their home to Israeli settlers, local residents begin peaceful...

The Chinese have called it their “Underground Great Wall” — a vast network of tunnels designed to hide their country’s increasingly sophisticated missile and nuclear arsenal. For the past three years, a small band of obsessively dedicated students at Georgetown University has called it...

UN official claims 9-11 was US plot Updated at: 1615 PST, Wednesday, January 26, 2011 NEW YORK: UN Human Rights official Richard Falk wrote on his blog that there had been an "apparent cover up" by American authorities. He added that most media were "unwilling to acknowledge the...

WASHINGTON: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu announced Friday that Israel will not bend to Turkey's demands to repair ties between the two countries, media reported. Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoğlu said previously that repaired Israeli-Turkish ties are contingent upon Israel's cooperation in 4...

by Christopher Drew Wednesday, February 3, 2010 provided by The Joint Strike Fighter was supposed to be the program that broke the mold, proof that the Pentagon could build something affordable, dependable and without much drama. But rather than being the Chevrolet of the skies, as it...

Security of Pakistan nuclear weapons questioned AFP – Pakistani soldiers patrol outside the army headquarters in Rawalpindi on October 11. A suicide bomber … By CHRIS BRUMMITT and PAMELA HESS, Associated Press Writers – 1 hr 20 mins ago ISLAMABAD – An audacious weekend...

At about 1130 hours on October 10, 2009, a white color Suzuki Car tried to target General Headquarters of Pakistan Army located on Mall Road Rawalpindi. According to the witness the shooting began when a carry vehicle was intercepted by army personnel for routine checking at army check post near...

Turk PM, army chief to visit Pak Updated at: 0056 PST, Friday, October 09, 2009 LAHORE: Turkish Prime Minister (PM) and army chief will soon visit Pakistan. Their visit aims at further strengthening the bilateral trade and economic relations and finalizing the cooperative memorandums...

India increases number of battalions along Pak borders Updated at: 0352 PST, Tuesday, October 06, 2009 WAGAH: BSF (Indian Border security Force) Director General Raman Srivastava during his first visit to Punjab Frontier said that BSF would give befitted reply to each Pakistan’s anti Indian...

KARACHI: Modern anti-submarine helicopters received from China have been inducted in Pak Navy, Geo News reported Wednesday. Addressing a ceremony regarding incorporation of anti-submarine copters in Pak Navy, Chief of Naval Staff Noman Bashir said Pakistan does not want arms race; but, it has...

India to deploy two fighter squadrons near border Saturday, 26 Sep, 2009 The Indian Air Force plans to step up its presence along the border.— Photo from AFP/File WORLD India begins $10.4 bln fighter jet trials NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force is planning to deploy by 2011 two...

NEW YORK: The US Senate on Thursday approved a compromise legislation to triple non-military aid to Pakistan, President Barack Obama told an international summit in New York. ‘How nice that the US president could announce it personally,’ US special envoy Richard Holbrooke later told a...

NEW YORK: The global community has greatly appreciated the successful operation against the militants in the Swat and Malakand regions by the present elected government and has expressed strong economic and political support for democratic Pakistan, said Islamabad's envoy to the United States...

. US General admits rising Indian influence in Afghanistan Updated at: 1254 PST, Wednesday, September 23, 2009 WASHINGTON: U. S. General Stanley A. McChrystal has warned that the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan could exacerbate regional tensions in the region and harm the U.S...

SWAT: Security Forces arrested wanted terrorist Commander Sher Muhammad Qasab in an operation where he was injured in Charbagh area of Swat. According to Swat Media Centre, Sher Mohammad Qasab carried head money of 10 million rupees. His three sons were killed by unidentified gunmen the...

As the race for bagging the US$ 10-billion Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft order from India hots up, US aerospace major Lockheed Martin raised its sales pitch on Monday saying its fighter plane, F-16IN, is tailored exclusively to meet the Indian Air Force's requirements. "The F-16IN is the...

Islamabad, Aug.30 : Pakistan has rejected reports about purchase of submarines from France. Briefing Senate's Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production, Defence Production Secretary, Israr Ghumman said an evaluation committee formed by the Naval Headquarters has recommended...

SVS Government College in Bantwal, near Mangalore in Karnataka, stirred up a controversy when the institution barred Ayesha Ashmin from wearing a headscarf to college. The first year degree student from Bantwal alleged that college principal Sitaram Maiyya warned her against wearing the...