Monday, March 27, 2023

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N.Korea fires missile ahead of S.Korea-Japan summit

North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile towards the East Sea on Thursday, just hours before summit talks between the leaders of South Korea and Japan on pending bilateral issues and regional security. South Korean's Joint Chiefs of Staff...

Pakistan companies put on US trade blacklist for involvement in missile, nuke activities

An unspecified number of Pakistani companies have been added to a list of 14 entities put on a US trade blacklist for their alleged involvement in missile and nuclear activities, the media reported. The US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry...

Kim Jong-un inspects long-range cruise missile launches

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected the test-firing of long-range strategic cruise missiles involving units operating "tactical nukes" earlier this week aimed at strengthening the country's war deterrence, Pyongyang's state media said on Thursday. On Wednesday, the North fired two...

Bike-borne Al Qaeda terrorist minced by US ‘Ninja’ missile in Syria

A US drone strike in northwestern Syria has killed a leader of a local jihadist group affiliated to Al Qaeda, media reports said. The precision strike, carried out on Monday just before midnight on the eastern edge of the city...

Top nuclear envoys of S. Korea, Japan condemn N.Korea’s missile launch

Top South Korean and Japanese nuclear envoys denounced North Korea's latest missile test on Wednesday and urged for the reclusive regime to return to the dialogue table, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said. Noh Kyu-duk, Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and...

North Korea fires artillery into sea days after missile launch

North Korea fired suspected artillery pieces into the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, days after the North’s latest missile launch ended in failure amid the country’s recent burst of weapons testing activity.There is speculation that North Korea...

Pakistan Army claims India fired missile endangering passenger flights

Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, Director General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), has claimed that an Indian "high-speed flying object" fell in Mian Channu located in Punjab province's Khanewal district, Dawn news reported. "It was a supersonic flying object, most...

N. Korea moved ahead with weapons programme despite sanctions: Report

North Korea pressed ahead with the development of its nuclear and missile programs last year despite international sanctions, according to a confidential United Nations report seen by AFP on Saturday.Pyongyang is under major sanctions over its weapons programs, including...

China says it tested hypersonic ‘vehicle’ not ‘missile’

China on Monday said it recently tested a hypersonic “vehicle” and not a nuclear-capable hypersonic “missile” as reported by a leading British newspaper which also said that the missile missed its target by about two-dozen miles. The Financial Times reported...