A woman walks past a screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on June 5, 2022. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea made preparations for a nuclear test during the first six months of this year, […]
In this file photo taken on Jan 20, 2022, a woman walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired multiple projectiles, the Republic of Korea’s Joint Chiefs […]
ROK Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 12, 2022. (ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP) SINGAPORE – Republic of Korea Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup said on Sunday that his country would dramatically enhance its defense capabilities and work closely with the United States and Japan after the […]
(From left) US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, the ROK's Vice-Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong and Japanese Vice-Foreign Minister Takeo Mori attend a joint press conference after their meeting at the foreign ministry in Seoul on June 8, 2022. (JEON HEON-KYUN / POOL / AFP) SEOUL – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea's recent missile […]
People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting about the DPRK's missile launch with file footage, at a train station in Seoul, ROK, June 5, 2022. (LEE JIN-MAN / AP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles eastward, the Republic of Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday. […]
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on May 25, 2022, after the DPRK fired three ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan, according to the ROK's military. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) SEOUL- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea […]
In this file photo taken on Jan 24, 2022, cadets of Indian defense forces stand beside a tableau of indigenous missile and aircraft during a full dress rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day parade in Chennai. (ARUN SANKAR / AFP) NEW DELHI – India on Wednesday successfully conducted the test-fire of its first indigenously-developed naval […]
In this file photo on March 16, 2022, people watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test at a railway station in Seoul. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern waters, the Republic of Korea's […]
People watch a TV showing a file image of an unspecified missile launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, Republic of Korea, March 9, 2020. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP) SEOUL -The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired one short-range ballistic missile, presumed to […]
This photo distributed by the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea shows what it says is a test-firing of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile, at an undisclosed location in the DPRK on March 24, 2022. (KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY / KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP) SEOUL/TOKYO – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea […]
A soldier salutes next to an Akash missile system during India's 73rd Republic Day parade at the Rajpath in New Delhi in Jan 26, 2022. (MONEY SHARMA / AFP) NEW DELHI – The Indian Air Force (IAF) has blamed officials from its missile squadron for an incident which accidentally launched a missile into Pakistan. The […]
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test at a railway station in Seoul on March 16, 2022. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) SEOUL / TOKYO – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea seemed to have failed in its launch of an unidentified projectile, the Republic of […]
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi speaks during a press conference over the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad on Aug 9, 2021. (AAMIR QURESHI / AFP) NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, said on Tuesday Islamabad rejected a statement by India's defense minister on the accidental missile […]
A general view shows debris following an overnight attack in Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region on March 13, 2022. (SAFIN HAMED / AFP) BAGHDAD – The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday summoned the Iranian ambassador to Iraq to protest against Iran's ballistic missile attack on Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish […]
A soldier salutes next to an Akash missile system during India's 73rd Republic Day parade at the Rajpath in New Delhi in Jan 6, 2022. (MONEY SHARMA / AFP) ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Saturday demanded a joint probe into a missile India said it accidentally fired into its territory, rejecting New Delhi's decision to hold […]
A soldier salutes next to an Akash missile system during India's 73rd Republic Day parade at the Rajpath in New Delhi in January 26, 2022. (MONEY SHARMA / AFP) ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI – India said on Friday it had accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan this week because of a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance, giving […]
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on March 5, 2022, after DPRK fired at least one "unidentified projectile" in the country's ninth suspected weapons test this year according to the Republic of Korea's military. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) […]
People watch a TV showing a file image of DPRK's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, Republic of Korea Jan 30, 2022. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea said a test conducted on Sunday was for the development of a reconnaissance satellite […]
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Feb 27, 2022, after DPRK fired an "unidentified projectile" according to the ROK's military. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile […]
A watchtower stands near the Israeli border fence with Syria in the Golan Heights on Feb 9, 2022. (JALAA MAREY / AFP) JERUSALEM – The Israeli military said it attacked missile batteries in Syria on Wednesday after an anti-aircraft missile was fired towards Israel during what Syrian state television reported was an earlier strike around […]
This file photo taken on Jan 25, 2022 and released by the DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Jan 28 shows what the DPRK says is a long-range cruise missile test-fire conducted by the Academy of Defence Science of the DPRK at an undisclosed location. (STR / AFP / KCNA VIA) WASHINGTON – […]
In this file handout picture released by the US Central Command (CENTCOM) on April 15, 2019, US soldiers stand next to an F-35A Lightning II stationed at the Emirati al-Dhafra base, about 32 kilometres south of Abu Dhabi. The United States will deploy a guided missile destroyer and state-of-the-art fighter jets to help defend the […]
In this file photo taken on Dec 21, 2021 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference at the end of his visit to crisis-ridden Lebanon, in the capital Beirut. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Sunday's ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, said […]
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, flames rise from destroyed containers at the scene of a missile attack, at the seaport of the coastal city of Latakia, Syria on Dec 28, 2021. (SANA VIA AP) Syrian air defenses intercepted an Israeli missile barrage targeting the vicinity of the capital Damascus, […]
In this photo provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli President Isaac Herzog (center left) and First Lady Michal Herzog meet with UAE Foreign Minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (center right) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Jan 30, 2022. (AMOS BEN GERSHOM / GPO VIA AP) CAIRO – The United Arab […]
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Jan 30, 2022, after DPRK fired a "suspected ballistic missile" in the country's seventh weapons test this month according to the South's military. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's […]
A Yemeni man inspects a site reported to be a prison destroyed in a Saudi-led airstrike in the Huthi stronghold of Saada in northern Yemen on Jan 27, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) ADEN – At least five people were killed and 34 injured in what Yemeni-government media said was a Houthi missile strike on Marib […]
This undated picture released from DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency on Jan 28, 2022 shows DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un (centre) inspecting a munitions factory producing a major weapon system at an undisclosed location. (STR / AFP / KCNA VIA KNS) NEW YORK – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted weapons tests this week […]
People inspect the rubble of a prison facility hit by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that killed at least 87 people, in a stronghold of Houthi rebels on the border with Saudi Arabia, in the northern Saada province of Yemen, Jan 22, 2022. (HANI MOHAMMED / AP) DUBAI – The United Arab Emirates intercepted and destroyed […]
This photo provided by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea government shows what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile in the DPRK on Jan 5, 2022. (KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY / KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP) UNITED NATIONS / PYONGYANG – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for diplomatic talks between the Democratic […]