*STOCKHOLM: *Worldwide major arms exports have increased on growing demand from countries in conflict, researchers in Sweden said Monday, with top exporter the United States widening its lead over Russia. Over the five years from 2015 to 2019, international arms exports grew by 5.5 per cent from ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is not willing to get dragged into a new arms race but it must ensure its security. In an interview in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin said the United States had a military budget of more than 700 billion U.S. dollars, compared with Russia's roughly 48 ...

Russia has said that new US missile defense strategy will lead to a dangerous arms race in space. Russia’s foreign ministry in a statement described the U.S. plan as confrontational, and said it would deal a blow to already-fragile international stability. The ministry urged Washington to ...

MOSCOW - Russia has said that new US missile defense strategy will lead to a dangerous arms race in space. Russia’s foreign ministry in a statement described the U.S. plan as confrontational, and said it would deal a blow to already-fragile international stability. The ministry urged ...

NEW DELHI: India has activated dangerous arms race in South Asia. In its recent provocative sparking effort, India on Sunday test-fired its nuclear-capable long-range ballistic missile Agni-IV, with a strike range of 4,000 km, as part of a user trial by the Army. According to the Times of ...

Washington: US President Donald Trump proposed future talks with the leaders of China and Russia aimed at halting what he described as an "uncontrollable" arms race. Trump's comment follows an October announcement in which he said he would withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ...

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan expressed its concern over the growing transfers of conventional armaments in volatile regions, saying it has every potential of fueling instability and jeopardizing the delicate regional balance. "The reflection of the same troubling trend is mirrored at the regional ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Friday expressed concern over Indian acquisition of S-400 missile system, through multiple sources and warned it would further destabilize strategic stability in South Asia and lead to a renewed arms race. The Foreign Office Spokesman said Pakistan had proposed a Strategic ...

Pakistan has emphatically stated that it is against arms race in the region. Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal was commenting on recent India-Russia air defense system deal during weekly news briefing in Islamabad. The Spokesperson said the countries which are providing weapons to ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday strongly rejected the ongoing arms race in the region, however said it was ready to thwart any threat to its stability. “In case of any external threat, we and our forces are ready to give a befitting response,” Foreign Office Spokesman Muhammad Faisal said ...