Military

Frankfurt (22/09 – 58.33) Since May 2022, the Tajikistani authorities have stepped up their ongoing crackdown on Pamiris, an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority originating from the Pamir mountains in…

Copenhagen (17/08 – 78) Kidnapping, intimidation, and blackmail are just some of the means used to hit enlistment quotas in Tajikistan. When conscription season comes around in Tajikistan, military recruiters…

VIETNAM has tapped a private company to build an artificial island in the West Philippine Sea as part of its militarization efforts in areas that it claims, according to documents…

Brussels, Frankfurt (16/6 – 33) The European Union declared late last year that it intended to investigate how Russia acquired so-called “kamikaze drones” from the Islamic Republic of Iran, for…

Japan’s military is testing Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service with an eye to adopting the technology next fiscal year, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, citing unnamed government sources.…

In the fractured authority surrounding crime-group controlled enclaves on the Moei River separating Thailand and Myanmar, this is what a crackdown on armed gangsters looks like: China presses Myanmar’s military…

India has said it will give a naval warship to Vietnam in the latest signal of tightening defense ties between the two countries, which share concerns about China’s assertiveness.  The…

China is willing to work with Vietnam to strengthen high-level communication and cooperation between their militaries, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu said on Tuesday as he met his Vietnamese counterpart.…

Frankfurt, Brussels (3/7 – 27) France has been plagued by multiple outbreaks of rioting following mass protests over the death of a teenager at the hands of a police officer…

On Sunday, the USS Ronald Reagan and two escort vessels steamed into Da Nang Bay, marking a U.S. aircraft carrier’s third visit to Vietnam since the hostilities ended and the…