A French frigate docked at Cam Ranh Port in Vietnam this week, the latest sign that foreign powers are pushing back against China’s assertive behavior and expansive claims in the South China Sea. In February, France’s defense minister announced that a French nuclear attack submarine and an accompanying support ship …

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Germany of P-8A Aircraft and Associated Support, and related equipment, for an estimated cost of $1.77 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.

Ukraine plans to nationalize Motor Sich, an aerospace manufacturer that is majority-owned by Chinese companies, due to its strategic importance to national defense. “The decision has been taken to return Motor Sich to the Ukrainian people,” Oleksiy Danilov, the head of Ukraine’s Security and Defense Council, said following a meeting …

The NY Times reported another kidnapping in northern Nigeria on February 26. Armed men abducted 317 girls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe, in Zamfara state. One police officer was killed during the attack. This was the second mass abduction in as many weeks, and part of an …

The US State Department has approved the sale of five P-8A Poseidon planes, advertised by Boeing as one of the “most advanced” weapon systems in the world, and other equipment to Germany at the cost of $1.77 billion. On Friday, the State Department’s office of Political and Military Affairs announced …

The National Criminal Agency (NAKA) has detained Vladimír Pčolinský, director of the Slovak Information Service (SIS) intelligence agency, over suspicions of corruption, Denník N reported. President Zuzana Čaputová has temporarily suspended Pčolinský from his position “because the act was allegedly committed in direct connection with the performance of the function …

Russian President Vladimir Putin held telephone talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on March 11 and 12, the Kremlin said in a statement. The practical implementation of the agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh, reached in the trilateral statements of November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021, …

Every March,[1] nearly 5,000 delegates descend on Beijing for the meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political and Consultative Conference (CPPCC), generally simply referred to as the lianghui, or two meetings. The NPC, with nearly 3,000 members representing the country’s provinces and municipalities, is the …

The recent missile attack on northern Iraq’s Erbil was aimed at “disciplining the Kurdish authorities” and not meant as a message to the United States, commanders of Iran-backed armed groups told Middle East Eye (MME). However, the commanders insisted they are unaware of who exactly carried out the 15 February …

More than three years have passed since the declaration of victory over ISIS in Iraq, but the terrorist organization continues to threaten the security of the country. ISIS has been exploiting the political conflicts and the presence of its cells in several places – particularly the borders with Syria – …