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F-16 fighter sale to Pak will affect India ties, admits US
25 Feb 2016
India disagreed with the US' rationale that such arms transfers help Pakistan in combating terrorism and believes the US military aid to Pakistan goes into anti-India activities
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23 Feb 2016
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Chinese radar in Spratly Island worrying for US
23 Feb 2016
Last week China confirmed it had placed "weapons" on Woody Island in the Paracels, defending what it said was its sovereign right to do so
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US, Russia announce truce as war reduces Syria to ruins
23 Feb 2016
Russia and the United States have announced a landmark truce in war-torn Syria, which would take effect from Saturday
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2-day Pampore gunfight ends, 3 militants killed
22 Feb 2016
A fierce 48-hour gun-battle on the outskirts of Srinagar ended this evening with the killing of three heavily-armed terrorists holed up in a government building
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Car bomb blast in Ankara kills 28, wounds 61
18 Feb 2016
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the spate of deadly strikes in Turkey on jihadists and Kurdish rebels
China deploys missile system on disputed island
17 Feb 2016
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Turkey feeding IS via Syrian border town of Azaz, says Russia
17 Feb 2016
Russia has accused Turkey and its allies of nursing the Islamic State terrorists with continued supplies through Azaz in Aleppo
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Saudi seen sinking deeper into West Asia’a proxy war
15 Feb 2016
Saudi Arabia is reported to be amassing forces from 20 nations, including Pakistan, in a major military manoeuvre against Iran's circles of influence
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Turkey, Saudi may send troops as Syrian army pushes into IS bastion
13 Feb 2016
If the Syrian troops succeed in retaking Aleppo and sealing the Turkish border, it would deal a crushing blow to both ISIS and Syrian insurgents opposed to Assad's rule
India summons US envoy over fighter sale to Pak
13 Feb 2016
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US lawmakers oppose F-16 fighter sale to Pakistan
13 Feb 2016
US lawmakers have voiced concern over potential of the Pakistani military to use these F-16s to deliver nuclear weapons in a conflict scenario with India
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Siachen soldier found miraculously alive, now stable
09 Feb 2016
Lance Naik Hanamanthappa was buried deep after a wall of ice a kilometre wide and 800 metres high came crashing down on his army post, killing nine of his colleagues. He was flown to a Delhi hospital where his condition is stable
UAE to work more closely with India against ISIS
09 Feb 2016
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LeT operative Headley reveals links to Pak army, ISI
08 Feb 2016
In his video-conference testimony before an Indian court, LeT terrorist David Headley said he had contacts with a ‘Major Ali’ of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence as well as a retired Pakistan army officer who helped him actively
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Headley testifies, says two earlier hits on Mumbai failed
08 Feb 2016
The first attempt to strike Mumbai was made in September 2008 but the boat used by extremists hit rocks in sea and all weapons and explosives on board were lost
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India, allies parade warships in biggest-ever naval exercise
06 Feb 2016
At the Navy's biggest-ever event off the coast of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh today, President Pranab Mukherjee is inspecting ships from 50 countries
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