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North Korea staged an apparent nuclear test Tuesday in a striking act of defiance that, now confirmed, is sure to...

North Korea gave China and the United States advance warning before conducting what appeared to be its third nuclear test...

US President Barack Obama will use his State of the Union address on Tuesday to call for dramatic cuts in...

The US military has started to withdraw equipment from Afghanistan through Pakistan ahead of next year's deadline for combat troops...

Two Russian fighters violated Japanese airspace on Thursday, Tokyo's defence ministry said, prompting Japan to scramble its own warplanes in...

Israel has deployed a third Iron Dome missile defence battery to the north of the country a few days after...

India's defence minister said Wednesday that New Delhi was concerned by Pakistan's decision last month to transfer management of a...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has chaired a high-level meeting that discussed a "great turn" in military capability, state media...

Taiwan has put into service a US-made billion-dollar early warning radar system capable of giving more than six minutes' warning...

A string of cyberattacks on major US media outlets like the New York Times has intensified worries over Chinese hackers,...