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The first batch of an expected 2,500 US Marines to be deployed in Australia began work Wednesday as Washington bolsters...

A Russian navy destroyer will dock at the Syrian port of Tartus in the coming days after setting out on...

NATO's chief denied on Monday that the alliance was speeding up the withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan as he...

Russia on Monday rejected Arab and Western calls for a deadline to be set for the Syrian regime's implementation of...

Mali's Tuareg rebels claimed control of the legendary desert town of Timbuktu on Sunday, part of a dramatic push across...

Thirty years ago a remote South Atlantic island chain was thrust into the global glare as Britain and Argentina went...

India’s tank fleet lacks ammunition, its air defences are “97 percent obsolete” and its elite forces lack essential arms, the...

Australia on Wednesday said it may allow Washington to use its territory to operate long-range spy drones, as part of...

Sudanese warplanes on Tuesday launched fresh air raids on oil-rich areas of South Sudan, a Southern official said, threatening a...

Syria has accepted a proposal crafted by Kofi Annan designed to end the bloodshed in the country, the envoy's spokesman...