Following the recent high-level bilateral meeting between the Prime Ministers of India and Vietnam on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit, Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh held a meeting with the Deputy Minister of National Defence of Vietnam Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang in New Delhi on September 13, 2026. The meeting focused on strengthening the bonds of friendship, advancing regional security, and deepening the bilateral Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
As part of the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet Operational Deployment, INS Kulish arrived at Ream Naval Base, Cambodia, on 12 Sep 2026. The visit aims to further strengthen maritime cooperation and enhance professional linkages between the Indian Navy and the Royal Cambodian Navy.
A medical train equipped for the first time with a domestically developed casualty reception command and decision-support system that deeply integrates large AI models throughout the entire treatment process was used in the China-Laos "Peace Train-2026" joint humanitarian medical rescue exercise in Vientiane, Laos, according to China's Ministry of National Defense (MOD).
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday proposed five initiatives on "greater BRICS" cooperation in areas of AI, trade and investment facilitation, digital industry, smart manufacturing, and talent development.
Statement by H.E. Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China At Session II of the 18th BRICS Summit
On the morning of September 13 local time, President Xi Jinping attended Session II of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, and delivered an important statement titled "Cementing the Foundation for BRICS Cooperation and Bolstering the Strength of the Global South."
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that the BRICS cooperation mechanism has become the world's most influential platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries, the Xinhua New Agency reported.
Canada is accelerating efforts to deepen economic and strategic ties with Europe as its relationship with the US faces its worst trade tensions in decades, according to a Sunday report by the Wall Street Journal.
Ola Ishtiwi sits with her children in front of the remains of her home in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, a few metres away from a series of painted cement blocks Israel has placed to mark what has become known as the "yellow line".
The US State Department has urged American companies to exercise extreme caution when considering business transactions with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan after a former US official attended the signing of a deal between a Saudi energy group and the hard-line authorities.
Solemnly marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the "cowardly terrorist act" on 11 September 2001, senior United Nations officials today called on the Security Council, Member States and the entire international community to uphold their responsibilities to remember the profound human cost of the international scourge and fight collectively to end it.
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DRAFT REPORT Institutional aspects of the Common European Defence Union
Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Committee on Security and Defence
Niclas Herbst, Salvatore De Meo
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Sri Lanka's ministry of defence held procurement talks through May to July this year with representatives of Streit Group, the Ras Al Khaimah-based armoured vehicle manufacturer, six months after it was sanctioned by the European Union for equipping Russian forces [...]
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