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Iranian warship sunk by US torpedo participated in Indian drill
Reuters, Published on 05/03/2026
» NEW DELHI: The U.S. attack on an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean this week was the first time since World War Two that the United States has sunk an enemy vessel with a torpedo. The following details are based on accounts from Sri Lankan, U.S. and Iranian officials of the March 4 incident, part of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and its military assets.
Will US oil companies be the big winners from the Iran war?
AFP, Published on 04/03/2026
» NEW YORK - Energy prices have surged dramatically since the United States and Israel launched their attack on Iran on Saturday, and that will almost certainly translate into bigger profits.
In Finland's forests, soldiers re-learn how to lay anti-personnel mines
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» KAJAANI - Finland is barely out of the treaty banning them but the country's armed forces are already training soldiers to lay anti-personnel mines, citing a threat from neighbouring Russia.
Taiwan vows to defend sovereignty after China's military drill
Reuters, Published on 01/01/2026
» TAIPEI — Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday the island is determined to defend its sovereignty and boost its defence in the face of China's increasing expansion, after Beijing fired rockets towards the island as part of military drills.
China begins war games around Taiwan, island vows to defend democracy
Reuters, Published on 29/12/2025
» BEIJING/TAIPEI - China's military moved army, naval, air force and artillery units around Taiwan on Monday for its "Justice Mission 2025" drills, as the island vowed to defend democracy and mobilised troops to rehearse repelling a potential Chinese attack.
Nato tests war preparedness on eastern flank facing Russia
AFP, Published on 05/11/2025
» ALBA IULIA —On the Mures river in central Romania, French armoured vehicles and Romanian trucks board a motorised floating bridge, part of a large military exercise to showcase the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (Nato) ability to rapidly increase force levels on its eastern flank facing Russia.
Indonesia set to buy Chinese J-10 fighter jets amid push to modernise military
South China Morning Post, Published on 17/10/2025
» Indonesia's top defence official says his country is set to acquire China's J-10 fighter jets, possibly making it the second foreign military to operate the model after Pakistan.
Fearing US invasion, Venezuela to hold emergency drills
AFP, Published on 27/09/2025
» CARACAS — Venezuela, on high alert over a military deployment of the United States off its coast that has stirred invasion fears, will hold disaster preparedness drills on Saturday as President Nicolas Maduro mulls invoking emergency powers.
'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - He mocked renewables as a "joke," praised "clean, beautiful coal" and declared climate change the "greatest con job ever."
China, Vietnam set for first joint army drills as US trade war draws neighbours closer
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/07/2025
» China and Vietnam are set to conduct their first joint army training exercise, according to the Chinese Defence Ministry.