Iran attacks two Iraqi bases housing US forces in ‘revenge’ for Soleimani’s death

By CNN,

Iran launched more than a dozen missiles at two Iraqi bases that hold US troops in what appears to be retaliation for the American airstrike that kill...

iran launches missiles at a iraqi army base , iran vs America

Hong Kong mops up after weekend of violence, braces for more protests

By Reuters,

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...

hong kong , President Xi Jinping , protests

Russia says five killed in mysterious rocket test accident

By Reuters,

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 ...

Rosatom , Russian military action , Russian rocket

Two dead in Russian rocket engine explosion; radiation spikes, shipping shut

By Reuters,

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...

Arkhangelsk , russia , Russian rocket engine , Severodvinsk

China warns of countermeasures if U.S. puts missiles on its ‘doorstep’

By Reuters,

China threatened countermeasures on Tuesday if the United States deploys intermediate-range, ground-based missiles in Asia and warned U.S. allies of r...

china , Missiles , United States

Trump imposes new U.S. sanctions on Iran, including supreme leader

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials with new U.S. sanctions on Monda...

Iran , President Donald Trump , Prince Mohammed bin Salman , sanctions

Trump to visit South Korea as Pompeo raises hope for new North Korea talks after letter

By Reuters,

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...

Kim Jong-un , Mike Pompeo , North Korea , Nuclear , President Donald Trump

Kim Jong Un praises ‘excellent’ letter from Trump

By VOA,

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 ...

Kim Jong-un , North Korea , President Donald Trump , President Xi Jinping , White House

Trump says Iran ‘made a very big mistake’ by shooting down drone

By Reuters,

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...

Iran , President Donald Trump , Speaker Nancy Pelosi , U.S

North Korea is waiting for Trump to blink … or leave office

By CNN,

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...

North Korea’s Kim orders stronger strike power; U.S. seizes cargo ship

By Reuters,

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...

North Korea missile test violated U.N. resolutions, says Japan

By Reuters,

North Korea’s latest missile launch violated United Nations resolutions calling for a halt to such ballistic weapons tests, a spokesman for Japan’...

U.S. seizes North Korean ship it accuses of violating sanctions

By Reuters,

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...

North Korean leader Kim oversaw testing of multiple rocket launchers

By Reuters,

North Korea has conducted a “strike drill” for multiple launchers, firing tactical guided weapons into the East Sea in a military drill supervised...

Kim Jong-un , North Korea , UN Security Council Resolutions

North Korea fires ‘projectiles’, South Korea says stop raising tensions

By Reuters,

North Korea fired several “unidentified short-range projectiles” into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, prompting South Korea to call on its...

Mike Pompeo , North Korea

North Korea urges Trump to drop Pompeo from talks; U.S. plays down weapons test

By Reuters,

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...

Iran says its armed forces are not a regional threat, calls for unity against U.S.

By Reuters,

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...

Iran , PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un gives U.S. to year-end to become more flexible

By Reuters,

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...

North Korea , U.S President Donald Trump

India conducts successful anti-satellite missile operation, Prime Minister says

By CNN,

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...

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi , india satellite missile operation

UN probing North Korea sanctions violations in 20 Countries

By VOA,

U.N. experts say they are investigating possible violations of United Nations sanctions on North Korea in about 20 countries, from alleged clandestine...

North Korea , UN