Tag: defence ministry
North: North Korea launches missile into sea amid US-South Korea drills
SEOUL: North Korea launched a suspected missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbours said, as the North ramps up testing activities in response to…
Army: Pak Army will not be available for election duty, defence ministry tells election commission
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army considers security of borders as its first priority and will not be available for poll duty in the upcoming provincial elections…
Mother of Russian mercenary chief Prigozhin wins rare appeal against EU sanctions
BRUSSELS: The mother of Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin won a legal bid on Wednesday to overturn European Union sanctions against her, as a court…
Moscow says Ukraine launched failed drone attacks on Russian territory overnight
MOSCOW: Russia’s defence ministry on Tuesday accused Ukraine of launching attempted drone strikes against civil infrastructure targets in two southern Russian regions overnight, but said…
Romania: Romania detects suspicious weather balloon in its airspace
BUCHAREST: The Romanian Air Force‘s surveillance system detected an aerial object that looked like a weather balloon flying in the country’s airspace, the defence ministry…
Russia accuses Ukraine of killing 14 in ‘deliberate’ strike on hospital
Russia accused the Ukrainian military of deliberately striking a hospital in a Russian-held area of eastern Ukraine on Saturday in what it said was a…
Ukraine denies report it intends to get 24 jets from allies
Ukraine‘s air force on Saturday denied a newspaper report saying it intended to get 24 fighter jets from allies, saying talks about potential deliveries were…