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Newly-Appointed UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron Vows "Military Support" To Ukraine
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron vowed to keep up military support for Ukraine during a surprise visit to Kyiv announced on Thursday, with the West's attention focused on the Middle East.
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'Wuhan Lab's Work Linked To Chinese Military': Ex-US Secretary Of State
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) was engaged in military activity alongside its civilian research -- amid renewed scrutiny of the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic emerged from the secretive lab.
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Deepening Of Military Ties with India "Destined": Ex-US Defence Secretary
A deepening partnership between the US and India in the military and security sphere is "destined to occur" as there is too much in common between the two large democracies that share really good values, according to former American defence secretary
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Opinion: UAE Project To Broker India-Pak Peace Is Its Most Ambitious Ever
Nicknamed "Little Sparta" by American generals like former U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, the United Arab Emirates is widely acknowledged as a small country that punches far above its weight in military terms. But the tiny Gulf state also has outsize ambitions as a peace broker.
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Donald Trump Picks Former Boeing Executive Patrick Shanahan For Defence Secretary
President Donald Trump intends to nominate acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan to remain in the top Pentagon job, the White House said Thursday, placing a relatively low-profile and soft-spoken former Boeing executive atop the military at a time of mounting tension abroad.
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Top Court Cancels Sacking Order Against Former Military Secretary
The Supreme Court has set aside general court martial (GCM) order dismissing former military secretary Avadhesh Prakash from service for alleged involvement in the 2008 Sukna land scam in West Bengal, terming its proceedings as "vitiated".
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John Kerry Says US Needs Something "Serious" Than "Truculent Child" Trump
US former Secretary of State John Kerry tore into President Donald Trump today for skipping a visit to a military cemetery in France, calling him a "truculent child".
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Kulbhushan Jadhav Death Sentence: India Denied Access Again, Pakistan Toughens Stand
India will appeal against the death sentence handed over to Indian man Kulbhushan Jadhav by a Pakistani military court on charges of spying, Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale told Pakistani Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on Friday and asked for consular access to the former Navy man, who New Delhi insists, was kidnapped from Iran and myst...
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'Very Impressed' With David Petraeus As He Weighs Top Diplomat Job: Donald Trump
President-elect Donald Trump stepped up his search on Monday for a new U.S. secretary of state, with the focus on David Petraeus, a former U.S. military commander in Iraq whose mishandling of classified information led to his resignation as CIA chief in 2012.
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Ex-CIA Chief David Petraeus To Receive No Further Punishment
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has decided not to impose further punishment on David Petraeus, a former US military commander and CIA director who admitted sharing classified information with his mistress, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
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Military Jury Sentences US Marine Convicted of Iraq Murder to Time Served
A U.S. Marine convicted of the 2006 murder of a former Iraqi police officer was sentenced on Thursday to time he had already served in confinement, in a decision by a military jury at Camp Pendleton in California.
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John Kerry Stayed at US-Blacklisted Myanmar Hotel
The US said on Tuesday that Secretary of State John Kerry wasn't breaking any rules when he stayed in a hotel owned by a tycoon blacklisted by the US because of ties with Myanmar's former military regime.
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Army Chief ratifies order to dismiss Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash
Just before his retirement, Army Chief General V K Singh has ratified a court martial's decision to dismiss former military secretary Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash from service, after he was found guilty by an Army court in the Sukna land scam case.
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US announces partial lifting of Myanmar sanctions
The United States on Monday lifted one of its many sanctions against Myanmar in recognition of recent positive moves toward political reform in the country after decades of direct military rule. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed a partial waiver of restrictions imposed on Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, under the Trafficking Victims Pr...
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Sukna land scam: Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash found guilty, dismissed from service
An army court has found former Military Secretary Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash guilty on three counts in the Sukna land scam case.
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Newly-Appointed UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron Vows "Military Support" To Ukraine
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron vowed to keep up military support for Ukraine during a surprise visit to Kyiv announced on Thursday, with the West's attention focused on the Middle East.
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'Wuhan Lab's Work Linked To Chinese Military': Ex-US Secretary Of State
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) was engaged in military activity alongside its civilian research -- amid renewed scrutiny of the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic emerged from the secretive lab.
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Deepening Of Military Ties with India "Destined": Ex-US Defence Secretary
A deepening partnership between the US and India in the military and security sphere is "destined to occur" as there is too much in common between the two large democracies that share really good values, according to former American defence secretary
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Opinion: UAE Project To Broker India-Pak Peace Is Its Most Ambitious Ever
Nicknamed "Little Sparta" by American generals like former U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, the United Arab Emirates is widely acknowledged as a small country that punches far above its weight in military terms. But the tiny Gulf state also has outsize ambitions as a peace broker.
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Donald Trump Picks Former Boeing Executive Patrick Shanahan For Defence Secretary
President Donald Trump intends to nominate acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan to remain in the top Pentagon job, the White House said Thursday, placing a relatively low-profile and soft-spoken former Boeing executive atop the military at a time of mounting tension abroad.
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Top Court Cancels Sacking Order Against Former Military Secretary
The Supreme Court has set aside general court martial (GCM) order dismissing former military secretary Avadhesh Prakash from service for alleged involvement in the 2008 Sukna land scam in West Bengal, terming its proceedings as "vitiated".
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John Kerry Says US Needs Something "Serious" Than "Truculent Child" Trump
US former Secretary of State John Kerry tore into President Donald Trump today for skipping a visit to a military cemetery in France, calling him a "truculent child".
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Kulbhushan Jadhav Death Sentence: India Denied Access Again, Pakistan Toughens Stand
India will appeal against the death sentence handed over to Indian man Kulbhushan Jadhav by a Pakistani military court on charges of spying, Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale told Pakistani Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on Friday and asked for consular access to the former Navy man, who New Delhi insists, was kidnapped from Iran and myst...
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'Very Impressed' With David Petraeus As He Weighs Top Diplomat Job: Donald Trump
President-elect Donald Trump stepped up his search on Monday for a new U.S. secretary of state, with the focus on David Petraeus, a former U.S. military commander in Iraq whose mishandling of classified information led to his resignation as CIA chief in 2012.
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Ex-CIA Chief David Petraeus To Receive No Further Punishment
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has decided not to impose further punishment on David Petraeus, a former US military commander and CIA director who admitted sharing classified information with his mistress, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
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Military Jury Sentences US Marine Convicted of Iraq Murder to Time Served
A U.S. Marine convicted of the 2006 murder of a former Iraqi police officer was sentenced on Thursday to time he had already served in confinement, in a decision by a military jury at Camp Pendleton in California.
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John Kerry Stayed at US-Blacklisted Myanmar Hotel
The US said on Tuesday that Secretary of State John Kerry wasn't breaking any rules when he stayed in a hotel owned by a tycoon blacklisted by the US because of ties with Myanmar's former military regime.
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Army Chief ratifies order to dismiss Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash
Just before his retirement, Army Chief General V K Singh has ratified a court martial's decision to dismiss former military secretary Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash from service, after he was found guilty by an Army court in the Sukna land scam case.
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US announces partial lifting of Myanmar sanctions
The United States on Monday lifted one of its many sanctions against Myanmar in recognition of recent positive moves toward political reform in the country after decades of direct military rule. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed a partial waiver of restrictions imposed on Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, under the Trafficking Victims Pr...
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Sukna land scam: Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash found guilty, dismissed from service
An army court has found former Military Secretary Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash guilty on three counts in the Sukna land scam case.
