Was it too aggressive, after a mere protective 1S overcall, to double on a 12-count? Perhaps, but at Duplicate Pairs, re-opening 1NT bids often get shaded, and one should always be seeking plus-200.

ABU DHABI, 12th October, 2016 (WAM) -- A plan to set up a new research and studies centre dedicated to enhancing civil defence capabilities in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) was recently ...

Much of the opposition to former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, whom President-elect Donald Trump has nominated to serve as defense secretary ... could destroy American civil-military relations ...

LONDON, 11th June, 2017 (WAM) -- The General Command of Civil Defence at the Ministry of Interior, represented by the heads of general departments of civil defence in the UAE, participated in an ...

Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that troops fired "warning shots" at "several gatherings of dozens of suspects" who the IDF said posed a threat to them. Additionally, a rocket was ...

Hawke's Bay Civil Defence is set for a three-year overhaul, with the aim of improving the region's response to emergencies. A new strategy was created off the back of the March 2024 independent review ...

Trump's proposal for members to devote 5 percent of GDP to defense was widely rejected, but the demand for bigger budgets is real and is not expected to go away. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte ...

The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy will be available on Nintendo Switch on April 24, 2025. Takumi is in Last Defense Academy, a colossal school in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a wall of ...

The Trump administration has asked the three Democrats serving on an independent oversight panel that probes the intelligence community’s infringements into civil liberties to step down ...

President Donald Trump’s team of defense advisers is taking shape, this week adding two high-level officials who have called for slashing the American armed presence in Europe and broadly ...

Retired Sri Lanka army major general K H P Palitha Fernando has been appointed director general of the civil defense department on contract basis for a period of one year with immediate effect. E R S ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. French President Emmanuel Macron reviews the troops during a military ceremony during a visit at the Digital ...