President Tsai Ing-wen has vowed to boost the island's defense capabilities after Beijing stepped up military exercises near Taiwan this year. The new fleet of eight submarines is expected to be ready by 2025.

Australia's top military officer on Thursday admitted there was credible evidence his special forces unlawfully killed at least 39 Afghanistan civilians and prisoners, recommending the matter be taken up by a prosecutor investigating alleged war crimes.

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Military pensions board denies reports of mass resignation

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Britain's special forces have taken control of the Liberia-registered oil tanker after stowaways, discovered aboard, turned violent. Initial reports suggested the ship, which had traveled from Nigeria, had been hijacked.

Queen Elizabeth II makes her first public visit outside a royal residence since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, visiting the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) at Porton Down in southwest England, which has been helping to study Covid-19, but appearing without a face mask.

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Dozens of people gather in front of a military recruitment centre in Baku after Azerbaijan declares martial law and curfews in several cities after Nagorny Karabakh, a breakaway region of Azerbaijan mainly inhabited by Armenians, has become the scene of deadly clashes.

Belarus says it has closed its border with EU countries. But Polish officials have described the action as just "another element of the propaganda campaign," saying the situation at the border hasn't changed.

The wanted Militia leader Terwase Akwaza has been successfully killed by the military.