Slovak Defense Minister Peter Gajdos and the vice president of US firm Lockheed Martin, Ana Wugofski, on Wednesday signed an agreement for the supply of F-16 Block 70/72 fighter jets to the Slovak Republic, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said.

The United States will work with UN Security Council members to reimpose ballistic missiles restrictions on Iran next year, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Wednesday.

Punjab government has approved Rs 11 million for upgradation of Sanat Zar under annual development programme 2018-19.

A call for a vote of confidence in UK Prime Minister Theresa May by her Conservative party has thrown Brexit into further chaos, with "game of thrones" style intrigue rather than sound governance taking priority, Neil McEvoy, an independent member of the National Assembly for Wales, told Sputnik.

The EU summit is expected to make a political decision to extend economic sanctions against Russia for another six months, a high-ranking EU source said Wednesday.

Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian General Staff, has told NATO Allied Command Operations' Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti that NATO presence near Russian borders was not reducing tensions, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

Pakistan cricket team will leave for South Africa here on Dec 13 (Thursday), early morning en route to Dubai on a hectic tour.

The trade agreement between the European Union and Japan will come into effect in February 2019, European Commission Spokesperson for Trade and Agriculture Daniel Rosario said in his twitter account on Wednesday.

As Taiwan's economy stagnates, claw crane arcades where customers lower a grabber to try to pick up a prize from a glass box are booming as affordable entertainment, while operators see them as a way to make a fast buck.