Jihadists 'shave beards' as pressure builds on MosulWith pressure building on the 10th day of the Mosul assault, Western defence chiefs were already looking ahead to the next target -- IS's other major stronghold of Raqa in Syria.
US to give Philippines military planesThe United States is giving the Philippines two used military aircraft in the face of territorial disputes with China.
Names of 22,000 IS members leaked to news channelTens of thousands of documents containing the names, addresses, phone numbers and family contacts of jihadis who joined the Islamic State group have been given to the UK's Sky News.
US missile shield spotlights divisions on handling N. KoreaOfficial moves towards the deployment -- fiercely opposed by China -- of a US missile defence system in South Korea highlight the inherent dangers of disunity in dealing with North Korea's growing military threat.
08 February 2016
Does North Korea have 'H' or 'A' bomb?North Korea said it had successfully tested a miniature hydrogen bomb. If confirmed, this would place it among a small group of countries with such dangerous weapons.
06 January 2016
Nazarbayev advises Kazakh army to 'keep powder dry'Wars are no longer the same they used to be. Now they are hybrids of economic, political, informational, internal and other wars, and the army has to adjust to the new specifics: Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Turkey seeks to ease tensions after downing of Russian warplanePresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan sought to play down tensions with Russia after Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane on the Syria border sparked fears among NATO allies of a wider conflict.