The United Nations has recommended that the government does not nominate for peacekeeping any military or police personnel who served with the Rapid Action Battalion, the Directorate General of Forces ...

The government set a goal for women to make up 10 percent of the military, but the current figure remains two percent below ...

DHAKA, Feb 12, 2025 (BSS) – UN rights organ OHCHR has suggested restructuring of Bangladesh’s security and policing systems ...

Two U.S. Navy ships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait this week in the first such mission since President Donald ...

I have dealt with USAID for nearly four decades now, and my overall impression has been akin to Longfellow’s description of ...

In June 2024, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) hospital ship Peace Ark embarked on its most ambitious endeavor from ...

The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a major city. Some 3,000 people have been ...

A shooting involving Indian fishermen and Sri Lanka Navy personnel within the island’s territorial waters, and injuries ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A police officer working on Pakistan's first polio vaccination drive of the year was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen Monday, police said. Pakistan deployed thousands of police ...

The UN mission in eastern Congo was initially meant to be quickly concluded at the request of Kinshasa. However, the M23 offensive in North Kivu has led to a reassessment. Will the peacekeeping ...

The West should not pressure Pacific island countries to choose between cooperating with China or with the US and its allies, a British navy admiral has said, pointing out that Beijing’s ...

French navy supply ship Jacques Chevallier arrives in Darwin as part of Frances Clemenceau mission in the Indo Pacific. Picture: Fia Walsh. From January 16 to 24 France led exercise La Perouse ...