A court Friday asked the defence ministry to submit a file regarding a press release in which Army Chief General V.K. Singh had revealed that Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh had offered him a bribe.

India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) will work together to counter maritime piracy in the Gulf of Aden, for which the two sides will share intelligence and help build capacities in the troubled state of Somalia.

The US will give $70 million to help boost Israel's air defence capabilities to thwart rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.

US President Barack Obama will meet his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai during a NATO summit in Chicago Sunday, a White House official said.

The US military will hold air drills over Chicago Friday to ensure security ahead of a NATO summit there, an official said.

President Asif Ali Zardari has left for Chicago to attend a NATO summit as Pakistan mulls the reopening of supplies for the coalition forces in Afghanistan, a media report said Friday.

The Russian Air Force has received three modernized Antonov AN-124-100 super-heavy transport aircraft as part of an programme for its transport fleet, Air Force spokesperson Col. Vladimir Drik said Thursday.