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Following the recent high-level bilateral meeting between the Prime Ministers of India and Vietnam on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit, Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh held a meeting with the Deputy Minister of National Defence of Vietnam Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang in New Delhi on September 13, 2026. The meeting focused on strengthening the bonds of friendship, advancing regional security, and deepening the bilateral Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

As part of the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet Operational Deployment, INS Kulish arrived at Ream Naval Base, Cambodia, on 12 Sep 2026. The visit aims to further strengthen maritime cooperation and enhance professional linkages between the Indian Navy and the Royal Cambodian Navy.

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A medical train equipped for the first time with a domestically developed casualty reception command and decision-support system that deeply integrates large AI models throughout the entire treatment process was used in the China-Laos "Peace Train-2026" joint humanitarian medical rescue exercise in Vientiane, Laos, according to China's Ministry of National Defense (MOD).

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday proposed five initiatives on "greater BRICS" cooperation in areas of AI, trade and investment facilitation, digital industry, smart manufacturing, and talent development.

Statement by H.E. Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China At Session II of the 18th BRICS Summit

On the morning of September 13 local time, President Xi Jinping attended Session II of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, and delivered an important statement titled "Cementing the Foundation for BRICS Cooperation and Bolstering the Strength of the Global South."

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that the BRICS cooperation mechanism has become the world's most influential platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries, the Xinhua New Agency reported.

Canada is accelerating efforts to deepen economic and strategic ties with Europe as its relationship with the US faces its worst trade tensions in decades, according to a Sunday report by the Wall Street Journal.

Ola Ishtiwi sits with her children in front of the remains of her home in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, a few metres away from a series of painted cement blocks Israel has placed to mark what has become known as the "yellow line".

The US State Department has urged American companies to exercise extreme caution when considering business transactions with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan after a former US official attended the signing of a deal between a Saudi energy group and the hard-line authorities.

Solemnly marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the "cowardly terrorist act" on 11 September 2001, senior United Nations officials today called on the Security Council, Member States and the entire international community to uphold their responsibilities to remember the profound human cost of the international scourge and fight collectively to end it.

The United States and Iran have sharply escalated their confrontation, with Washington destroying five Iranian oil tankers and Tehran responding with missile attacks on US forces in Jordan and claims of strikes against American warships and other vessels.

The United States has struck additional Iranian oil tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), US officials told reporters on September 8, as tensions between Washington and Tehran escalated following further attempted Iranian missile attacks on US Navy ships.