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Romero promoted to full colonel in Philippine Air Force Reserve

Michael Odylon Romero, a former House Deputy Speaker and prominent businessman, has been promoted to full colonel in the Philippine Air Force Reserve. Romero was...

Pentagon chief warns China ‘preparing’ to use military force in Asia

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned Saturday that China was "credibly preparing" to use military force to upend the balance of power in...

German MPs approve fiscal ‘bazooka’ for defence, infrastructure

Berlin, Germany—German lawmakers gave the green light on Tuesday for a colossal spending boost for defence and infrastructure pushed by chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz amid deep...

South Korean defence paper labels North ‘enemy’, again

South Korea called the nuclear-armed North its "enemy" in a defence document Thursday, the first time in six years it has used the term,...

Beijing denies intercepting US plane over East China Sea

China has denied US allegations that two Chinese fighter jets intercepted an American military plane earlier this week, saying that its aircrafts were acting...

North Korea fails in new missile test: Seoul

A new North Korean missile test failed on Wednesday, the South's defence ministry said, two weeks after Pyongyang launched four rockets in what it...

Taiwan says it is capable of strike against China

Taiwan said for the first time publicly that it is capable of launching missiles at China, as the government on Thursday unveiled a major...

North Korea says it successfully tested new ballistic missile

North Korea said Monday it had successfully tested a new ballistic missile, triggering a US-led call for an urgent UN Security Council meeting after...

Rich man loses millions in scam by fake French defence staff

Crooks masquerading as aides of French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian have defrauded a wealthy foreigner of "tens of millions of euros," the latest...

2 million Israelis exposed to rocket fire, says report

More than two million Israelis lack adequate shelter in case of rockets fired from Gaza to the south or from Lebanon or Syria to...
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