Archive for the ‘International News’ Category
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
The Taliban militia leading a 10-year insurgency in Afghanistan on Wednesday denied that they would soon hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government in Saudi Arabia.
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Tags: Afghan government, Afghan Taliban, Afghan-Taliban Talks, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeeda, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, ISAF, NATO forces, Taliban, US Armed Forces, US DoD, US War in Afghanistan, US War on Terror, US-Taliban Talks
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has described the talks recently held between Iranian and International Atomic Energy Agency officials as a step forward.
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Tags: Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Chinese foreign ministry, IAEA, Int Defense News, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Defense Treaty, Iran Armed Forces, Iran Def News, Iran Nuclear News, Iran Six group, Iranian nuclear ambitions, Iranian nuclear program, Iranian nuclear sites, Iranian Nuclear Weapons
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
France’s Dassault Rafale has won a $10 billion tender for 126 fighter aircraft from the Indian Air Force, NDTV reported on Tuesday, quoting unnamed Air Force sources.
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Tags: EADS, Eurofighter Typhoon, F-16IN, F-35 programs, FA-18, Gripen, Indian Air Force, Indian Armed Forces, Indian Defence Ministry, Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, International Defense Treaty, Lockheed Martin, Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA), Mig 35, Rafale, Saab, Sukhoi, Sukhoi Fighters
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
About 30 Tu-22M3 strategic bombers from Russia’s Long Range Aviation fleet will be modernized by 2020, Russian Air Force spokesman Col. Vladimir Drik said on Tuesday.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, International Defense Treaty, Russian Air Force, Russian Armed Forces, Tu-22M3 Backfire long-range bomber, Tu-22M3 bombers
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has said that if the United States makes a mischievous move and causes a problem in the region, the Islamic Republic will not stay calm.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Iran Armed Forces, Iranian Defense Forces, Iranian Defense Ministry, Iranian nuclear ambitions, Iranian nuclear program, Iranian Nuclear Weapons, US Armed Forces, US Sanctions on Iran, US-Iran Crisis
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
The United States will use all available options to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union address on Tuesday.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Iran Armed Forces, Iranian Defense Forces, Iranian Defense Ministry, Iranian nuclear ambitions, Iranian nuclear program, Iranian Nuclear Weapons, US Armed Forces, US Sanctions on Iran, US-Iran Crisis
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
China is strengthening the mobility of its troops dispatched to the border with North Korea to prepare for contingencies in the North, according to a leading Japanese daily.
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Tags: China and the Korean peninsula, China-North Korea Military Ties, China-North Korea Relation, Chinese Armed Forces, Chinese army, Chinese Defense Ministry, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Kim Jong-Il, Kim Jong-un, North Korean Armed Forces, North Korean Defense Ministry, North Korean nuclear and conventional weapons, North Korean Nuclear Crisis
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Forces loyal to Libya’s late leader Moammar Gaddafi launched a series of attacks on Monday across several cities, killing seven fighters who helped topple the former regime, officials and residents said.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Libyan Air Force, Libyan Armed Forces, Libyan Army, Libyan Chemical Weapons, Libyan No Flying Zone, Libyan Rebels, Libyan Unrest, Muammar Gaddafi, National Libyan Council (NLC), NATO Attack on Libya, NATO forces, NATO ground invasion in Libya, Operation Odyssey Dawn, Operation Unified Protector
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
The Libyan regime of the late dictator Moammar Gadhafi possessed mustard gas shells that it had not declared as a member of the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the group said Jan. 20.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Libyan Air Force, Libyan Armed Forces, Libyan Army, Libyan Chemical Weapons, Libyan No Flying Zone, Libyan Rebels, Libyan Unrest, Muammar Gaddafi, National Libyan Council (NLC), NATO Attack on Libya, NATO forces, NATO ground invasion in Libya, Operation Odyssey Dawn, Operation Unified Protector
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
US military chief General Martin Dempsey on Friday urged Israel to keep the channels of communication open amid concerns the Jewish state could launch a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Iran Armed Forces, Iran-Israel Capabilities of War, Iran-Israel Crisis, Iranian Foreign Ministry, Israel Defense Force, US Armed Forces, US DoD, US-Iran Crisis, US-Israel Attack on Iran, US-Israel Military Cooperation, Zionist regime’s nuclear weapons program, Zionist regime’s plots
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