North Korea lacks technology for anti-US nuclear strike: Pentagon
AFP, Seoul :North Korea is committed to striking the United States with a nuclear-armed missile, but it can’t do so without outside help, due to...
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Jailbreak plan foiled in Pakistan , 97 arrestedReuters, IslamabadPakistan has arrested 97 al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militants, including three commanders, in the southern city of Karachi...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi gets extra security after death threat
AFP, Yangon :Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been given extra security following a death threat on Facebook alluding to her presidential ambitions, officials said...
World powers agree on `cessation of hostilities` in Syria
AFP, Munich :World powers on Friday agreed on an ambitious plan to cease hostilities in war-wracked Syria within a week and dramatically ramp up humanitarian...
Russia PM warns foreign offensive in Syria could spark ‘world war’
AFP, Munich :Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned Thursday that if Arab forces entered the Syrian war, they could spark a “new world war” and...
Russia boosts ties with Iraq to challenge US influence
Reuters, Baghdad :Russia is ready to sell civil airliners to Iraq and keep providing it with military aid to fight Islamic State, Deputy Prime Minister...
Seoul cuts off power supplies to factory park in North Korea
AP, Paju :South Korea has cut off power and water supplies to a factory park in North Korea, officials said Friday, a day after the...
N Korea orders military takeover of inter-Korean factory
AP, Paju :North Korea on Thursday ordered a military takeover of a factory park that was the last major symbol of cooperation with South Korea,...
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Pakistan’s growing nuclear stockpilePTI, WashingtonPakistan’s growing nuclear arsenal and its evolving “tactical nuclear weapons” doctrine pose increasing risk of an “incident”, Pentagon’s top spymaster has...
NATO sends ‘clear signal’ to Russia with eastern presence
AFP, Brussels :NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday said the alliance had approved plans for an increased presence in eastern member states alarmed by a...
50,000 Syrians flee Aleppo fighting Russia proposes truce talks on March 1
Agencies, United Nations :Russia is ready to discuss a possible ceasefire in Syria, an official said on Thursday, ahead of a crucial meeting of major...
Female suicide bombers kill over 60 in northeast Nigeria
Reuters, Maiduguri :Two female suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a camp for people displaced by an insurgency of the Boko Haram group...