Military Cooperation

Indian defence forces embark on 12-day joint military drills with US forces in Rajasthan, Russians in Uttar Pradesh

Drills include training on aspects such as hostage rescue, desert survival and combat firing, the defence ministry stated

Army chief General Bipin Rawat to begin 4-day visit to Sri Lanka tomorrow for military cooperation

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat will begin a four-day visit to Sri Lanka on Monday with an aim to take forward the military cooperation between the two countries to the "next level".

Hope India-US defence ties is conducive to regional peace and stability, says China

China hopes that the military cooperation between India and the US will be conducive to regional peace and stability and not the opposite, Chinese defence ministry said on Thursday.

Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar meets UAE leaders for talks on military cooperation

Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has met with UAE leaders for talks on military cooperation, state media said on Sunday, days after announcing the retaking of second city Benghazi from jihadists.

Qatar diplomatic crisis: Recep Erdogan ratifies troop deployment to Gulf nation

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ratified two deals allowing Turkish troops' deployment to Qatar and training the Gulf nation's gendarmerie.

India to source defence technology from Japan, reveals Defence Minister Arun Jaitley

India is looking to strengthen its military cooperation with Japan and is interested in sourcing defence technologies for domestic manufacture of arms and equipment, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said.

US, Australia to discuss greater military cooperation at AUSMIN talks

Under this strategy of withdrawing US military, economic and human resources from Middle East wars and deploying them to emerging Asia -- referred to as a "rebalancing" -- Washington plans to move more than 2,500 Marines to the northern city of Darwin by 2016-17.