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Hong Kong mops up after weekend of violence, braces for more protests
By Reuters,
855, August 12, 2019 (EAT)
Metro stations in Hong Kong resumed regular service on Monday and streets were being cleaned of debris as the city recovered from another night of vio...
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Russia says five killed in mysterious rocket test accident
By Reuters,
1055, August 10, 2019 (EAT)
Russia's state nuclear agency Rosatom said early on Saturday that five of its staff members had been killed in an accident during tests on a military ...
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Two dead in Russian rocket engine explosion; radiation spikes, shipping shut
By Reuters,
2131, August 8, 2019 (EAT)
Two people were killed and a nearby city reported a spike in radiation levels when a rocket engine blew up at a testing site in northern Russia on Thu...
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China warns of countermeasures if U.S. puts missiles on its ‘doorstep’
By Reuters,
922, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
China threatened countermeasures on Tuesday if the United States deploys intermediate-range, ground-based missiles in Asia and warned U.S. allies of r...
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Trump imposes new U.S. sanctions on Iran, including supreme leader
By Reuters,
2043, June 24, 2019 (EAT)
U.S. President Donald Trump targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials with new U.S. sanctions on Monda...
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Trump to visit South Korea as Pompeo raises hope for new North Korea talks after letter
By Reuters,
1419, June 24, 2019 (EAT)
U.S. President Donald Trump will visit South Korea this weekend after an exchange of letters with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un boosted hopes for ta...
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Kim Jong Un praises ‘excellent’ letter from Trump
By VOA,
1855, June 23, 2019 (EAT)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has received a personal letter from U.S. President Donald Trump and is contemplating its contents, North Korean state ...
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Trump says Iran ‘made a very big mistake’ by shooting down drone
By Reuters,
2040, June 20, 2019 (EAT)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said Iran made “a very big mistake” by shooting down a U.S. military drone that Tehran said was on a spy m...
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North Korea is waiting for Trump to blink … or leave office
By CNN,
1222, May 10, 2019 (EAT)
It used to be North Korea that was facing maximum pressure, not exerting it. Pyongyang conducted its second ballistic missile test in a week Thursd...
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North Korea’s Kim orders stronger strike power; U.S. seizes cargo ship
By Reuters,
1201, May 10, 2019 (EAT)
The leader of North Korea ordered its military to boost its strike capability as he directed another missile firing, state media said on Friday, as te...
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North Korea missile test violated U.N. resolutions, says Japan
By Reuters,
1201, May 10, 2019 (EAT)
North Korea’s latest missile launch violated United Nations resolutions calling for a halt to such ballistic weapons tests, a spokesman for Japan’...
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U.S. seizes North Korean ship it accuses of violating sanctions
By Reuters,
1200, May 10, 2019 (EAT)
The United States has for the first time seized a North Korean cargo ship it accused of illicit coal shipments in violation of U.S. and United Nations...
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North Korean leader Kim oversaw testing of multiple rocket launchers
By Reuters,
1816, May 5, 2019 (EAT)
North Korea has conducted a “strike drill” for multiple launchers, firing tactical guided weapons into the East Sea in a military drill supervised...
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North Korea fires ‘projectiles’, South Korea says stop raising tensions
By Reuters,
1541, May 4, 2019 (EAT)
North Korea fired several “unidentified short-range projectiles” into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, prompting South Korea to call on its...
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North Korea urges Trump to drop Pompeo from talks; U.S. plays down weapons test
By Reuters,
1115, April 19, 2019 (EAT)
North Korea said on Thursday it no longer wanted to deal with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and that he should be replaced in talks by someone m...
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Iran says its armed forces are not a regional threat, calls for unity against U.S.
By Reuters,
1057, April 18, 2019 (EAT)
President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that Iran armed forces were not a threat against any regional country, as Tehran held an Army Day military p...
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un gives U.S. to year-end to become more flexible
By Reuters,
1046, April 13, 2019 (EAT)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the breakdown in talks with the United States has raised the risks of reviving tensions, and he is only intereste...
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India conducts successful anti-satellite missile operation, Prime Minister says
By CNN,
1122, March 28, 2019 (EAT)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India has successfully conducted an anti-satellite missile test that put the country in a league of global "space po...
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UN probing North Korea sanctions violations in 20 Countries
By VOA,
1505, March 12, 2019 (EAT)
U.N. experts say they are investigating possible violations of United Nations sanctions on North Korea in about 20 countries, from alleged clandestine...
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North Korea rebuilds part of missile site as Bolton warns of more sanctions
By Reuters,
1048, March 6, 2019 (EAT)
North Korea has restored part of a rocket test site it began to dismantle after pledging to do so in a first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump l...
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