![Mrs Margaret Anne Adamson, High Commissioner Australia, called on General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJSC) at Joint Staff Headquarters, Rawalpindi on April 26, 2017](https://www.tribune-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Australian-High-Commissioner-wih-General-Zubair-Hayat.jpg)
Australian High Commissioner acknowledged sacrifices of Pakistan in the war against terrorism. H.E Mrs Margaret Anne Adamson, High Commissioner Australia, called on General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee... Read more »
![Hon Christopher Pyne MP, Minister for Defence Industry launches The Next Generation Technologies Fund at the Jeffrey Smart Building of the University of South Australia.](https://www.tribune-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Aus-Defence-Technology.jpg)
Australian Government’s $730 million Next Generation Technologies Fund is designed to provide the creative solutions Defence needs Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, has launched the $730 million Next... Read more »
![Indonesian Special Forces group Kopassus in a joint exercise with the Special Australia Service in 2010.](https://www.tribune-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Indonesian-Special-Forces-group-Kopassus.jpg)
Indonesia suspends military cooperation with Australia after training material insult Indonesia has suspended military co-operation with Australia following an incident at an Australian army training facility last year that caused Indonesian offence. Indonesian military... Read more »
![Australian defence force personnel would be empowered to strike Islamic State ‘at its core’, Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP](https://www.tribune-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/australia-forces.jpg)
PM Turnbull announces intentions to heavily target ISIS, warns of increased terror attacks in Asia CANBERRA — Australia will step up airstrikes against Islamic State, allowing its military for the first time... Read more »
![Saudi Arabia concludes 20-nation military exercise 'North Thunder'](https://www.tribune-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/saudi-military.jpg)
At least 20 countries from Arab and Islamic countries participated in the North Thunder war games in the northern region of the kingdom RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) – Saudi Arabia concluded a major... Read more »
![Australia to boost defence by spending $30B to buy Submarines, Ships, Aircrafts](https://www.tribune-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/aus-def-submarine.jpg)
Australia will increase defense spending by nearly A$30 billion (US $21.6 billion) over the next 10 years, seeking to protect its strategic and trade interests in the Asia-Pacific. The defense strategic plan was... Read more »
![India emerged as the world’s largest arms importer while US and Russia remain major global arms suppliers](https://www.tribune-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/india-tank.jpg)
India emerged as the world’s largest arms importer, accounting for 14% of the global imports in the 2011-2015 timeframe. The latest data on international arms transfers released by a global think-tank, SIPRI, also... Read more »
![A Swedish report on global arms sales ranks defense firms from the United States and Western Europe as dominating the industry.](https://www.tribune-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/guns-sales.jpg)
A Swedish report on global arms sales ranks defence firms from the United States and Western Europe as dominating the industry. STOCKHOLM (Sweden) – Arms manufacturers in North America and Western Europe increased... Read more »
![Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop walks with Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Fumio Kishida during a visit to the Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre on November 22, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. Photo: Getty Images](https://www.tribune-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/aus-japan-defence1.jpg)
SYDNEY — Foreign and defense ministers of Australia and Japan agreed to sign a pact to make cooperation between their armed forces easier. Full agreement will be sought when Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull... Read more »
![The two-week “Talisman Sabre” exercise in the Northern Territory and Queensland involves 30,000 personnel from the US and Australia.](https://www.tribune-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/aus-us-war-games.jpg)
United States and Australia started a joint military exercise called ‘Talisman Sabre’ which is set to go on for two weeks in the states of Northern Territory and Queensland. The US and... Read more »
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US special operations forces have conducted a military operation in eastern Syria, targeting a senior ISIS commander and his wife, the US defense secretary has announced. The terrorist leader was killed in... Read more »
![Pakistan armed forces Chief of Staff General Raheel Sharif](https://www.tribune-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Pak-Gen-RaheelSharif.jpg)
Different circles in Pakistan are holding in-house discussions on an idea to explore the possibility to promote Pakistan armed forces Chief of Staff General Raheel Sharif as a Field Marshal, or a... Read more »
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ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) – Pakistan on Monday held its first Pakistan Day parade in seven years, full of flag-waving pomp and aerial military expertise, a symbolic show of strength that the country has the... Read more »
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CANBERRA (Australia) – Australian air force personnel have commenced training on armed drones in the United States on the MQ-9 ’Reaper’ drone, Australian defense officials said on Monday, less than a week after Washington... Read more »