Military
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 06:55
After a series of scandalous fatalities, Tajik citizens are rising up to denounce hazing in the military. While Defense Ministry say they are moving to prevent it, still more soldiers are dying.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 06:29
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the middle of a five-nation tour of Central Asia designed to ramp up New Delhi’s regional influence.
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 06:49
Guinean authorities have indicted former military leader Moussa Dadis Camara over a massacre at a stadium in the capital in 2009 in which soldiers are accused of killing at least 157 people.
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 06:36
The Russian military has ordered a snap combat readiness check of its troops stationed in Armenia.
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 06:24
Nigerian authorities have released 180 people who were arrested for alleged links to Islamist extremist group Boko Haram.
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 06:25
President Juan Manuel Santos has replaced Colombia's top military leaders, days after the release of a Human Rights Watch report alleging complicity by the country's top brass in extrajudicial killings of civilians.
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 06:38
Two decades after “Black Hawk Down,” U.S. special operations forces are back in East Africa’s most troubled nation.
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 05:27
A military investigation into a violent confrontation between Afghan residents of this capital city and United States soldiers last week has concluded that the troops acted with “admirable restraint” even after an American soldier was stabbed, a military official said.
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 07:24
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today said the new National Military Strategy takes into account increasing disorder in the world and the erosion of America’s comparative advantage.
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 05:51
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is planning to visit all five Central Asian republics next week; the visit is expected to focus on energy cooperation but will also seek to boost India's growing military ties in the region.