Thirty members of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Karas Region were promoted to higher ranks last Thursday.The 32 ranks included eight officers moving to the rank of inspector, eight being promoted to senior warrant officers; two to junior warrant officers and five to the position of sergeant.In the Special Field Force (SFF) unit, there were three promotions to senior warrant officer, and four to sergeant.NamPol’s Karas Regional Police Commander, Commissioner Armas Shivute confirmed the promotions today, saying the promoted officers were from 14 police statio

Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said Friday the country’s military establishment has not shifted its alert gear despite the tension on the Korean peninsula.

US and Filipino marines staged armoured assault manoeuvres on Friday as part of annual military exercises the Philippines has deemed vital in building its capacity to defend itself. This year's edition is taking part amid a tense territorial dispute between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea, as well as bellicose anti-US rhetoric by North Korea. More than 8,000 soldiers from both countries, 30 military aircraft including a dozen US F/A-18 Hornets and three naval vessels are taking part in 12 days of military exercises that end on Wednesday.

A "reset" in US-Russia relations is now on pause and Moscow likely will be "the primary actor of regional concern," the American general nominated to take over as NATO commander said Thursday. General Philip Breedlove, President Barack Obama's pick to serve as NATO's next supreme allied commander, described Russia as an "aspirational superpower" and told lawmakers an attempt to forge more cooperative ties with Moscow had faltered for the moment. "I've described the reset as sort of, on pause," Breedlove told the Senate Armed Services Committee.