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The United States would seek a five-year extension of an expiring arms control treaty between Washington and Moscow, according to reports on Thursday.
The recruitment will be held in two rounds, one slated to start on Feb. 20 and end on March 31, while the other scheduled between Aug. 15 and Sept. 30, according to a statement issued after the conference.
The Pentagon on Friday confirmed that U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq had reduced to 2,500 respectively.
A military parade to commemorate the eighth party congress of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was held at Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang on Thursday evening.
Aviation Industry Corp of China, the nation's leading aircraft maker, is poised to develop a twin-seat version of its J-20 stealth fighter jet－China's most advanced combat plane, according to the State-owned conglomerate.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Monday that Russia and the United States should extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) and adjust their nuclear doctrines.
A foreign ministry spokesperson on Tuesday called on the United States to follow China in committing to a policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons, and to cut its nuclear weapons drastically on the basis of extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States "because of concerns over his mental health," a court in London ruled Monday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday signed a mobilization order for the training of the armed forces, the first order of the Central Military Commission (CMC) in 2021.
Seventeen more U.S. soldiers and six civilians in South Korea tested positive for COVID-19, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Monday.
The Pentagon said late Sunday that U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz would remain in the Middle East waters due to "threats from Iran," reversing a previous decision to order the warship back home.
China and India are having consultations on holding the 9th round of the corps commander level meeting, a military spokesperson said on Thursday.
A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday voiced resolute opposition to the sailing of two U.S. warships through the Taiwan Strait.
Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to release regulations on military logistics, which will serve as the main rules in relevant field.
China on Tuesday urged the U.S. to stop taking "erroneous actions" on Chinese companies in response to the Trump administration's latest restrictions on Chinese firms.
Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), has signed an order releasing trial regulations on military professional education for armed forces.
A Chinese aircraft carrier passed through the Taiwan Straits on Sunday to conduct training in relevant waters of the South China Sea, according to a spokesperson for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.
Frequent transits by warships from the United States Navy recently have seriously jeopardized peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits and given encouragement to separatist groups in Taiwan, a spokesman for the Chinese military said.
The United States should take full responsibility for the failure to hold, as scheduled, the 2020 China-U.S. military maritime consultative agreement meetings, a Chinese navy spokesperson said on Thursday.
Wei Fenghe and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday signed a protocol to extend the period of validity of an agreement on mutual notification for launches of ballistic missiles and carrier rockets.
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe told Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi during a video call that both sides should speed up the construction of the maritime and air liaison mechanism to deal with potential disputes.
Russian warships will participate in the AMAN-2021 military exercise in February, which will also involve U.S. and British naval forces, the Russian Black Sea Fleet announced Thursday.
A Chinese military spokesperson on Tuesday voiced firm opposition to the U.S. sale of military communications systems to Taiwan.
President Xi Jinping on Friday met with representatives from the armed forces attending a conference on ideological and political education work in the military, which was held from Thursday to Friday.
The second batch of China's 11th UN peacekeepers for Wau, South Sudan set off Wednesday from the Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport in Hebei Provicne.
China's 19th peacekeeping multifunctional engineering unit in Lebanon conducted a live-fire drill in the rain recently.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday refuted the U.S. State Department's accusations against China's military-civilian integration policy, urging the U.S. side to stop deliberate provocations and denigration of China.
Pakistani President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe here on Tuesday.
China expects the United States to work with China in maintaining the healthy and stable development of the military-to-military relationship between the two countries.
China resolutely opposes official exchanges and military contacts in any form between the U.S. and Taiwan, a spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday.
