West watches with concern as Putin builds influence in Africa
- World
- January 22, 2019, 19:58
As protests raged in Zimbabwe’s cities last week, with police firing live ammunition at crowds who barricaded roads with burning tyres, the target of (...)
Japan looks to trigger sales of weaponry
- Innovation
- July 6, 2017, 06:20
Until a few years ago, the idea of an international arms fair in Japan would have struck many as ludicrous. Japanese troops have not fired a weapon in(...)
Arms trade at Cold War levels as demand rises in Middle East
- World
- March 8, 2017, 17:31
The global arms trade has reached its highest volume since the end of the Cold War, partly due to purchases by Middle Eastern governments from the Uni(...)
Indonesia plane crash: air force fleet to be reviewed
- Asia-Pacific
- July 1, 2015, 14:19
Indonesia’s president promised a review of the country’s ageing air force fleet and a defence modernisation drive on Wednesday, as the death toll from(...)
US military aims to slim down for peacetime footing
- US
- February 28, 2014, 01:00
The proposed tightening of US military belts, the biggest change to America’s armed forces in generations, is recognition that the country’s mi(...)
Iran criticises ‘unfair’ UN nuclear agency ahead of talks
- Middle East
- September 26, 2013, 20:36
Iran has sharply criticised the UN nuclear watchdog over “baseless allegations” about its atomic activity, a document showed before talks between the (...)
