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WASHINGTON-Agence France-Presse U.S. special operations forces have been quietly training Taiwanese troops for months, risking the ire of China, a Pentagon official said on Oct. 7. A contingent of around 20 special operations and conventional forces has been conducting the training for less...

BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AMERICAS OCT 05, 2021 8:28 PM GMT+3 The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency is seen at its headquarters in Langley, Virginia, U.S., April 13, 2016. (AP Photo) The United States has lost dozens of informants around the world over the past several years, a report...

US general: Afghan collapse rooted in 2020 deal with Taliban WASHINGTON-The Associated Press Senior Pentagon officials said on Sept. 29 the collapse of the Afghan government and its security forces in August could be traced to a 2020 U.S. agreement with the Taliban that promised a complete U.S...

PH Army has new public affairs chief By Priam Nepomuceno September 28, 2021, 10:28 am Philippine Army Public Affairs Office chief Col. Xerxes Trinidad (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Army) MANILA – The Philippine Army (PA) has a new public affairs office chief, Col. Xerxes Trinidad...

Duterte ‘concerned’ over AUKUS nuclear submarine deal By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos September 28, 2021, 2:57 pm President Rodrigo Duterte (Presidential Photo) MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has raised concern over the new trilateral security pact among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the...

PH, Australian navy ships hold maritime exercise By Priam Nepomuceno September 27, 2021, 10:33 am (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Navy) MANILA – Navy ships of the Philippines and Australia over the weekend held maritime exercises aimed at "promoting peace and stability" in the region. The...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Asahi-class destroyer JS Shiranui took part last week in an air defense exercise with the French Navy (Marine Nationale) off New Caledonia, a French territory comprising dozens of islands in the South Pacific. Xavier Vavasseur 23 Sep 2021 A French...

Failed Sudan coup attempt contained: Ruling council member KHARTOUM Sudanese authorities have contained a failed coup attempt and the situation has been brought under control, a member of the country's ruling council told Reuters on Sept. 21. Interrogation of suspects involved in the attempted...

France's defence minister has cancelled talks with her UK counterpart amid the row prompted by a new security deal between Britain, the US and Australia. Paris is angry after Australia signed the Aukus pact to build nuclear-powered submarines, pulling out of a major contract with France in the...

HMS Tamar and HMS_Spey - complete with dazzle camouflage - will deploy across a vast area, from the eastern shores of Africa to the west coast of the USA. Royal Navy picture. The long-term deployment of two of the Royal Navy’s Batch 2 River Class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) to the...

Japan, Vietnam sign defense deal as China worries loom BY ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO DEFENSE SEP 12, 2021 1:11 PM GMT+3 Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang, center left, and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, center right, stand for photo with their officials after signing an agreement...

system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia in the past few weeks despite the persistent threat of air attacks launched by Houthi rebels from neighboring Yemen, satellite images showed. The redeployment of the defenses from Prince Sultan Air Base outside of Riyadh came as America's Gulf Arab...

Philippines vows to ignore China maritime law, seeks US help Philippine defence chief visits Washington, DC to press for a comprehensive review of mutual defence treaty, lobby for advance military equipment. 10 Sep 2021 Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has promised that Manila...

PN Landing Dock acquisition has been going on for a while and was halted due to Covid-19, from the link below you can see it goes back a few years. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1106964 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1072824 Further progress has been made in the process and it seems that...

Typhoon remotely operated weapon system Israeli firm Rafael announced today that it has been awarded a contract worth approximately $80 million to supply a naval warfare systems suite for Shaldag Mk V Fast Attack Crafts by Israel Shipyards, to an undisclosed country in Southeast Asia. The name...

The Philippine Navy ordered a class of two Jose Rizal-class multi-mission capable frigates from South Korean shipbuilding company Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), under the Frigate Acquisition Project (FAP), which is aimed at protecting the country’s territorial waters. Project Type...

BY KENAN KIRAN SHUSHA DIPLOMACY SEP 02, 2021 10:32 AM GMT+3 A view from Shusha, Azerbaijan, Sept. 2, 2021. (Sabah Photo) After nearly three decades of Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan's city of Shusha – once known as the Pearl of Karabakh – is ready to welcome back its former residents as the...

Ethiopia: The fate of Oromia under Abiy’s Prosperity Party Posted on Monday, 30 August 2021 11:55 In this Wednesday, June 16, 2021 file photo, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a final campaign rally at a stadium in the town of Jimma in the southwestern Oromia Region of Ethiopia...

List of Sub-Saharan African Countries Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Democratic Republic) Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau...

The new USV designed by JMU for the FFM frigates. Picture by Sakadaru New USV For Japan’s Mogami-Class FFM Frigate Breaks Cover Images taken by local photographers show that Japan started testing a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) currently under development for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense...