Itsunori Onodera, Japan’s defense minister, is currently on a four-day visit to India. On Monday he is expected to meet A. K. Antony, his Indian counterpart,  to discuss deepening military ties.

The Georgian Ministry of Defence intends to completely change its Soviet and Russian helicopters for U.S. ones in 2014, Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Alasania said on Sunday.

The special court that is hearing the treason case against the former Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf, has exempted the military strongman from attending the hearing of the case on Monday due to his illness.