World Bulletin
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 07:15
Days after the U.S. refused to sell a batch of F-16 jets to Islamabad at subsidized prices, Pakistan’s powerful army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, went to Beijing on Monday with a view to "enhancing military-to-military cooperation" -- another sign that Pakistan is perusing a policy of diversifying its military procurement options away from Washington.
Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 06:55
Nigeria has hired mercenaries to combat Boko Haram as military chiefs face a December deadline to crush the militants, according to senior military sources.
Monday, April 27, 2015 - 07:12
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has asked the country's security agencies to train Ugandans to fight Somalia's Al-Shabaab group.
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 07:06
Turkmenistan has approached the United States asking for military aid to help the country address instability on its border with Afghanistan, and Washington is trying to support the requests, a senior American military official has said.
Friday, September 19, 2014 - 07:29
More than 30,000 Turkish and Azerbaijani troops have been conducting joint operations over the past five days, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 12:35
"We don't know what sort of sanctions there can be. If our exports are curbed in any way, this can be done mainly along Russia-bound routes," Kazakh Oil & Gas Minister Uzakbai Karabalin told parliament this week.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 13:07
About 65,000 militiamen and women were registered at the end of Ivory Coast's 2011 post-election violence, which claimed nearly 3,000 lives.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 08:27
Ethnic violence erupted in the central Nigerian Nassarawa state late on Friday, reportedly claiming many lives and forcing many panicky residents to flee for safety.