Washington, Dec 30 (DPA) President Barack Obama has sharply altered the tone of US diplomacy as his first year in office comes to close, a move that has been broadly welcomed but produced few tangible results.
Obama’s talk of support for a multilateral approach has won him praise abroad after eight years of George W. Bush’s [...]
Moscow, Dec 29 (DPA) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Tuesday said Russia would continue to develop offensive missiles to defend against a potential US attack despite ongoing nuclear arms reductions talks.
Speaking in Vladivostok, Russia’s largest port on the Pacific Ocean, Putin said the country would develop offensive missiles ‘to maintain the balance of power,’ Interfax [...]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Counter-terrorism and intelligence sharing, delivery of weapons and enhancement of cooperation in research and development were high on the agenda as a joint working group on defence between India and Israel met here Tuesday.
India is Israel’s biggest customer for weapons and New Delhi and Tel Aviv have a growing defence [...]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Counter-terrorism and intelligence sharing, delivery of weapons and enhancement of cooperation in research and development were high on the agenda as India-Israel’s joint working group on defence met here Tuesday.
The group is co-chaired by Indian Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar and Israeli defence ministry Director-General Brig. Gen. (retd) Pinchas Buchris.
‘The [...]
Berlin, Oct 23 (DPA) Israel has asked Germany to supply it with two warships free of charge, a German newspaper reported Friday.
The Israeli state hopes Germany would help strengthen its defence forces by financing the costs for the two state-of-the-art corvettes.
The pair would cost hundreds millions of euros, daily Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung said, citing government [...]
London, September 20 (ANI): Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has reportedly installed an anti-paparazzi shield on his newest vessel to protect his privacy.
The Chelsea football club owner’s vessel, called Eclipse, is said to be the world’s biggest and most expensive private yacht, measuring up to 557ft.
The high-tech system on it relies on lasers to block any [...]
Washington, Sep 17 (DPA) The US has dropped plans to base a long-range missile-defence system in Eastern Europe and will instead deploy less complicated systems to counter Iran’s ballistic missile programme, President Barack Obama announced Thursday.
The Bush-era plans to install 10 interceptors in Poland and a radar site in the Czech Republic had long been [...]
Prague, Sep 17 (DPA) Expectations that the US is to scrap a planned missile defence system in eastern Europe grew Thursday, with the Czech prime minister saying that US President Barack Obama told him Washington was pulling out of the project.
‘Today shortly after midnight, American President Barack Obama contacted me by telephone to inform me [...]
Washington/Prague, Sep 17 (DPA) US President Barack Obama may scrap plans by his predecessor, George W Bush, to install a missile defence system in Eastern Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing informed sources.
The White House is to argue the Bush-era project can be halted because Iran has been slower in building long range [...]
