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Morley was given a life sentence for the 2022 killing of his co-worker Cody Birchfield.

Three men have appeared in court charged in relation to child cruelty offences.

Police carried out more than 8000 saliva tests in July and August.

<p>UK anti-terrorism police said on Tuesday that two men have been charged with national security offences after an <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2033037">incident</a> last month at a British airbase used by the United States, linking the scare to Iran.</p> <p>The head of National Counter Terrorism Policing, Laurence Taylor, said two British men aged 24

At The Hindu Semiconductor Summit, V.K. Saraswat, A. Sivathanu Pillai and Deleep Nair warn that imported chips leave network-centric weapons vulnerable, and that waiting until 2030-35 for advanced nodes would be too late

<p>Several social media users, including pro-Houthi accounts based on their past posts, have been sharing an image since October 26, on social media platforms Facebook and X, allegedly showing the Saudi defence minister kissing the hand of the Iranian president amid a meeting in Tehran involving the Makkah Defence Alliance.</p> <p>However, the image is old a

Authorities say a man serving a life sentence for murder escaped from a prison in northwest Tennessee, stole a truck and remained at large early Tuesday.

The Supreme Court will begin hearing testimony on Nov 3 from defence witnesses in the ethics case brought against 44 former Move Forward Party MPs.

Darling Downs man Dion Ashley Paulsen is charged with historical child sex offences stemming from the period of 2007 to 2010.

&nbsp;KOTA TINGGI, Oct 27 &mdash; Police arrested a 41-year-old man suspected of hacking a settler to death with an axe...

Qatar needs a strategy built on national resilience and diversified security guarantees.

Rajnath Singh said the next phase of self-reliance must build on the gains made over the past decade and focus on technologies that were considered difficult to develop indigenously

Last Friday, gunmen opened fire at St George’s Greek Orthodox Church in the village of Hamoud in Jordan’s Karak governorate, killing nine people and injuring 40 others. The attack, which authorities have described as a "heinous act of terrorism”, was intended as a deadly attack on the Hashemite kingdom’s Christian community and its social fabric. Yet far fro

<p><strong>• Pakistan’s army chief, Saudi defence minister, Turkish spymaster meet top Iranian officials<br>• Pezeshkian backs understanding ‘to strengthen unity among Muslim nations’<br>• Saudis say visit aimed at supporting Qatari, Pakistani mediation efforts<br>• Halting Houthi attacks, reopening Hormuz among main concerns</strong></p> <p>ISLAMABAD: Iran

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a no-case submission by former Kaduna governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in his wiretapping trial involving NSA Nuhu Rib Read More: https://punchng.com/wiretapping-trial-court-orders-el-rufai-to-open-defence/

Amid a failure of state protection, disarming law-abiding citizens through the Firearms Control Amendment Bill and ignoring the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority’s governance crisis will fuel chaos rather than safety.

Analysis: Did Chief of Defence Force Tony Davies' error of judgment extend to others?

82% to be sourced from domestic industry; the approvals cover a wide range of military platforms, weapons and surveillance systems aimed at enhancing the operational capabilities of the Army, Navy and Air Force

Countering Houthi advances in Yemen will be a major focus for Saudi Arabia and its allies in Tehran.

The Defence Minister is expected to hold bilateral discussions with his counterparts from participating countries to review ongoing defence cooperation and explore avenues for further strengthening strategic partnerships

<p>Officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye are currently meeting in Tehran, according to Iranian state media.</p> <p>The meeting brings together Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye to discuss “regional cooperation, the US-Israeli aggression against Iran and its consequences”, among other topics, Iran’s state broadcaster said.</p> <p>Iran’s <em

A Federal High Court has dismissed a no-case submission by former Kaduna governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in his wiretapping trial involving NSA Nuhu Ribadu. Read More: https://punchng.com/just-in-court-orders-el-rufai-to-enter-defence-in-wiretapping-trial/

Defence ministers from France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the UK to discuss increasing military assistance to Ukraine.

Europe’s five largest defence spenders are set to warn that Russia represents the most acute and long-term threat to the continent’s security as they pledge unflagging support for Ukraine. “Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine, on the one hand, and its continued violations of Allied airspace, acts of sabotage and growing use of multi-domain hyb

That the UK has run out of money for its needs must be the grim realisation that underpins the national budget this week. There are signs that the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Healey , is indeed ingesting this message – yet Mr Healey must go further to level with the country. The national debt hit £3 trillion ($4 trillion) last week. The budget is e

Reacting to Mr. Kharge’s remarks on Mr. Modi, Rajnath Singh says political opposition should remain confined to policies and should not violate personal and family decorum

<p>Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye will travel to Tehran on Monday, according to an Iranian and a Saudi official.</p> <p>Iran’s state-run <em>IRNA</em> news agency quoted the deputy secretary of Iran’s top security body, Ali Bagheri Kani, as saying that the visit was part of efforts to implement the idea of endogenous security in Wes

Saudi Arabia 's Minister of Defence Prince Khalid bin Salman made a surprise visit to Tehran on Monday in a major push for de-escalation in the Middle East amid intensifying Houthi attacks on Saudi cities and fears of a renewed full-scale war between Iran and the US. Pakistan 's army chief of staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Ibrahim Kalin, the director o

Iran's security chief to meet defence officials from the Mecca Defence Alliance in Tehran as fighting rages in Yemen.

The two countries will "work in close partnership" on investment opportunities and challenges, according to a joint media statement.

OTTAWA — The British government has turned down Ottawa's attempts to have it join the international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, though London says it will work in lockstep with Canada to meet NATO spending targets.

Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia escalate as fierce ground battles and a devastating siege strangle Yemen's Taiz.

The Gulf states find themselves at the centre of a regional war that is not of their making . A confrontation that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran has spread into a web of proxy conflicts, reaching from the Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea and Bab Al Mandeb, through Iraq and Yemen. The members of the GCC now face a question they can no longer put of

<p>SINCE September 2025, Pakistan has signed multilayered and multi-domain defence agreem­e­nts with several Arab and Muslim states. It has sig­­ned a <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1942611">Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement</a> (SMDA) with Saudi Arabia, the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2035540">Makkah Joint Def­­ence Agreement</a> (MJDA) with Tur

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy says country’s access to Starlink and Starshield satellite links has been fully restored

The Chief Minister said political and ideological differences would not come in the way of investment and development and the government had a clear approach and strong determination to advance economic growth

600 master trainers to be trained in first phase; programme aims to equip 60,000 civil defence volunteers across 12 States and Union Territories with emergency response skills

Revealed: The letter our most senior military commander received two days before he quit.

Manchester City's 100% winning start to the Premier League season comes to an abrupt end against Aston Villa - leaving Enzo Maresca with glaring defensive issues to resolve.

His current tenure was scheduled to end on October 31, 2026

The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, and alumni have urged the Unity Schools Old Students Association to lead efforts to restore the schools’ standar Read More: https://punchng.com/defence-minister-alumni-urge-action-to-restore-unity-schools/

The world number one will face Leylah Fernandez in the final after the unseeded Canadian beat Czech Marie Bouzkova.

A support worker at a South Australian school is behind bars, accused of serious child sex offences.

Turkey does not expect its troops to engage in combat with the Houthis under a defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, Defence Minister Yasar Guler said on Friday, as the countries' foreign ministers met in Istanbul to discuss regional developments. "The main purpose of our possible military support to Saudi Arabia will be to strengthen deterrence . We

Vehicles will transform Army from mostly peacekeeping force to military capable of limited conventional war fighting

<p>Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have completed the ratification processes for the Makkah defence pact while Turkiye was in the process of doing so, Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said on Friday.</p> <p>Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2021248">signed </a>the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in August, unde

<p>Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have completed the ratification processes for the Makkah defence pact while Turkiye was in the process of doing so, Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said on Friday.</p> <p>Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2021248">signed </a>the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in August, unde

The Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), has pledged that Nigerian troops who died during peacekeeping missions in Liberia and Sierra Leone under the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group will not be forgotten. Musa gave the assurance when he received a delegation of ECOMOG veterans, led by Maj. Gen. Ohifeme Ejimai Read Mo

The 30-year-old constable from Brisbane allegedly committed the offences both on and off duty.

<p>Officials will call on UK to ‘step up’ financial support at Brussels summit – with post-Brexit issues also on agenda</p><p>EU leaders will press Andy Burnham at a summit in Brussels to contribute more to Ukraine’s defence effort in 2027.</p><p>EU officials argue that the UK, Canada and Japan should do more to support Ukraine, but entreaties to these G7 co

'The errors of judgment were contrary to the values of the Defence Force.'

Officers of the Counter Intelligence Cell of Andhra Pradesh, intrigued by a slew of messaging patterns across various social media platforms, busted a major digital honey-trap racket, including the Indian conduits, whose motive was to leak sensitive defence details, specifically Naval intelligence, to the neighbouring country’s Inter-Services Intelligence, w

OPINION: Choosing not to speak is not a technical obstacle to justice, it is a safeguard.

Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor who embodied a solid, wry authority figure, whether as a flight instructor in "Top Gun," a tough-but-fair sheriff on TV's "Picket Fences" or the doomed captain of "Alien," has died.

The Constitutional Court’s refugee judgment protects constitutional rights. Misreading it fuels xenophobia, threatens democracy and imperils the rule of law.

Skerritt died Wednesday of natural causes at age 93, his family said in a statement.

His rugged good looks, commanding presence and versatility led to key roles in “M*A*S*H” and “Steel Magnolias,” and he won an Emmy on “Picket Fences.”

Tom Skerritt died of natural causes, his family said in a statement.