The US is this week deploying 12 F/A-18 fighter jets to the Philippines to participate in an annual joint military drill
(VOVworld)- After 7 years of negotiations, the United Nations has finally endorsed the historic Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), breaking a deadlock over the global trade of conventional weapons. However, observers say...
The Russian Navy has started major military drills in the Black and Mediterranean Seas. The exercises, under the supervision of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, involve eight major warships from...
Russia is sending a fleet of warships to the Mediterranean because of the the escalating crisis in Syria said the Russian Ministry of Defense Tuesday
(VOVworld)- On this day 40 years ago, December 18th 1972, US President Richard Nixon launched an air operation called the “Linebacker II Campaign” aimed at northern Vietnam
Japan's Self-Defense Force and the US military in Japan on Thursday agreed to work closely to deal with the anticipated launch of a long-range ballistic missile by North Korea. Lt. Gen. Salvatore...
Seven Chinese naval warships yesterday passed through waters near the islands of Okinawa, Japan. This comes amid a tense territorial dispute over the Senkaku islands, which are known as Diao...
Japan's navy marked its 60th anniversary yesterday with a major exercise intended to show off its maritime strength
Warships, warplanes and ground-based air defense systems would be deployed for the security of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Russia. The head of the Russian...
Defense authorities of Japan and China have worked out a maritime communications mechanism to avoid ship collisions and other accidents in the East China Sea, including the waters around the disputed...
The General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces has announced that it will send warships from its Black Sea Fleet to the Syrian port of Tartus to secure a military...
(VOVworld)-The 11th Asia Security Summit known as the Shangri-La Dialogue opened in Singapore on Friday with the participation of senior civilian and military leaders from about 28 Asia-Pacific...
(VOVworld) - Among the many traditional festivals of Khmer ethnic people in Soc Trang province, the Ooc Om Boc Festival and Ngo boat races are the most significant, annually held at the year end...
(VOVworld)- The UN Security Council is scheduled to meet later Saturday to vote on a draft resolution that would authorize immediate dispatch of a team of observers to Syria to...
NATO will extend its anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia until the end of 2014, stressing that foreign navies are helping to reduce the number of hijackings
(VOVworld)-Iran may be poised to expand its nuclear program at an underground site near the city of Qom. Diplomatic sources revealed that Teheran appears to be ready to install...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is on a tour of 4 Latin American countries. In the context of tensions between Iran and the US due to recent heavy sanctions, the visit...