SOURCE: PTI

Over 300 Chinese troops have arrived in Pakistan to take part in the joint China-Pakistan anti-terrorism exercise amid escalating militant attacks in the country, a Chinese Defence Ministry report said on Thursday.

The opening ceremony for the drills was held on Wednesday, a report posted on the Chinese Defence Ministry’s official website said adding that over 300 troops drawn from the special operations, army aviation and logistic support have arrived in Pakistan to take part in the exercise coded “Warrior-VIII”.
They were flown into Pakistan in batches by the Y-20 transport aircraft, the official media here reported without mentioning the location of the training.

SOURCE: Daily Sabah

Türkiye’s new unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), Bayraktar TB3, tailored for the country’s first aircraft carrier, became the first of its kind to successfully take off and land on the short-runway carrier TCG Anadolu on Tuesday.

“The Bayraktar TB3 has made history as the first unmanned aerial vehicle to successfully take off and land on the short-runway carrier TCG Anadolu!” Baykar said on X (formerly known as Twitter). TCG Anadolu is Türkiye’s first multi-purpose LHD class amphibious assault and warship, commissioned last year.

SOURCE: PTI

Russia’s Su-57 fifth generation fighter jet stole the limelight at China’s high-profile international air show at Zhuhai city, where the Chinese military displayed an array of its new fighters and drones.

Su-57 is from the Sukhoi group of fighter jets. Sukhoi fighters are a potent force for both Indian and Chinese air forces as both use Su-30 MKI variants. The twin engine Su-57 with stealth features secured the first contracts to deliver the export version to foreign customers, CEO of Russia’s Rosoboronexport firm Alexander Mikheyev said at the air show on Wednesday.

SOURCE: REUTERS

The U.S. Air Force said that it would retire its A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in key regions including South Korea by the fiscal year 2025 in favour of advancing fourth-generation fighter jet upgrades.
The move is part of its modernisation strategy, according to a statement issued on Tuesday.

SOURCE: IANS

China continues to vigorously push the proposal of deploying its own security staff for thousands of its citizens working in Pakistan following several deadly attacks carried against Chinese workers in the country which have severely jolted Islamabad’s relationship with Beijing in recent times.

The development comes after October’s car bombing outside the Karachi airport that targeted Chinese investors and engineers associated with the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure projects. The targeted attack resulted in the death of two Chinese workers.

SOURCE: PTI

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time admitted that Israel was behind the pager and walkie-talkie attacks on Hezbollah in September that left at least 39 people dead and more than 3,000 injured, local media reports have said.

“The pager operation and the elimination of (Hezbollah leader Hassan) Nasrallah were carried out despite the opposition of senior officials in the defence establishment and those responsible for them in the political echelon,” The Times of Israel newspaper quoted Netanyahu as saying.

SOURCE: UNI

The press wing of Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser of the interim government has dismissed reports by The Sunday Guardian, an Indian newspaper, regarding an alleged agreement between Bangladesh and France to purchase Rafale fighter jets. 

In a statement on its Facebook page on Monday (October 27), the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing clarified that the interim government has no knowledge of such a deal.

SOURCE: AFP

Israel’s military said a Hezbollah drone had killed four soldiers at one of its northern bases Sunday, as it expanded its bombardments of Lebanon and troops battled militants across the border.

The attack on a military training camp in Binyamina, near Haifa, is the deadliest such assault on an Israeli base since September 23, when Israel increased its attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon. Emergency services reported more than 60 wounded.

SOURCE: AFP

A Pakistan Air Force training aircraft crashed due to a technical fault in the mountainous region of Gadoon Amazai, in the village of Gandaf Bar Kali, Swabi. Both pilots successfully ejected using parachutes, but sustained minor injuries. They were immediately airlifted by an Air Force helicopter to the hospital.

It was reported that the Pakistan Air Force training aircraft was on a routine training flight on Tuesday, passing through the mountainous area of Gadoon Amazai in Swabi, when it suddenly encountered a technical issue and crashed into the hills of Gandaf Bar Kali.

SOURCE: PTI

Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath on Tuesday defended the government’s move to allow a Chinese military training ship to arrive in Colombo, saying the decision falls within the framework of the country’s diplomatic engagements and such visits “pose no threat”.

He was responding to a question on the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy training warship “Po Lang” which arrived at the port of Colombo on Tuesday “as part of an ocean-going voyage aimed at enhancing the professional capabilities of midshipmen and conducting naval exchanges with other countries,” said a statement.

SOURCE: REUTERS

Iran said early on Wednesday that its missile attack on Israel was finished barring further provocation, while Israel and the US promised to retaliate against Tehran’s escalation as fears of a wider war intensified. Washington said it would work with longtime ally Israel to make sure Iran faced “severe consequences” for Tuesday’s attack.

The United Nations Security Council scheduled a meeting about the Middle East for Wednesday, and the European Union called for an immediate ceasefire. “Our action is concluded unless the Israeli regime decides to invite further retaliation. In that scenario, our response will be stronger and more powerful,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a post on X early on Wednesday.