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North Korean leader visits flood-stricken province: state media
Aug 06, 2020 (AFP)
There have been days of heavy rain across parts of North Korea, which is vulnerable to flooding as many mountains and hills have long been stripped of vegetatio...
US to submit UN resolution on Iran arms next week
Aug 05, 2020 (AFP)
A ban on conventional weapons sales to Iran ends on October 18 and the United States has threatened to try to force a return of UN sanctions if it is not extend...
75 years on, Japan bomb survivors make final pleas for abolition
Aug 04, 2020 (AFP)
The "hibakusha" -- literally "person affected by the bomb" -- have for decades been a powerful voice calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. There are an ...
US tests intercontinental ballistic missile
Aug 04, 2020 (AFP)
The missile was launched at 12:21 am (0721 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, travelling 6,700 kilometers (4,200 miles) over the Pacific Ocean b...
From Manhattan to Hiroshima: the race for the atom bomb
Aug 04, 2020 (AFP)
- Einstein warning - In 1939, Albert Einstein signs a letter warning US president Franklin D. Roosevelt of the destructive potential of nuclear fission, which w...
Pentagon makes case for sea-launched nuclear cruise missile
Aug 04, 2020 (UPI)
The Department of Defense posted a press release Tuesday arguing the need for the missile. It cites a State Department paper, dated July 23, arguing that adopti...
South Korean general sacked over defector's return
Jul 31, 2020 (AFP)
The man's departure only came to light when Pyongyang -- which insists it has not had any coronavirus cases -- announced at the weekend that a "runaway" who had...
Iran rules out attack as cause of nuclear site incident
Jul 31, 2020 (AFP)
The incident occurred at a warehouse under construction at the Natanz nuclear complex in central Iran on July 2, but caused no casualties or radioactive polluti...
Pompeo warns of UN sanctions if Iran arms ban ends
Jul 30, 2020 (AFP)
Russia and China, two of the Permanent Five nations that enjoy veto power on the Security Council, want the UN embargo on selling conventional weapons to Iran t...
Japan court recognises more Hiroshima bomb survivors
Jul 29, 2020 (AFP)
The Hiroshima District Court said all 84 plaintiffs, aged from their 70s through 90s, should be granted medical benefits given to the victims of the attack, kno...
Relics of its golden past, Mosul's trains left to rust
Jul 28, 2020 (AFP)
Battered by sanctions against the old regime of Saddam Hussein, back-to-back conflicts and little investment, the once grandiose train station in the Iraqi city...
North Korea's Kim says nuclear deterrent crucial
Jul 28, 2020 (AFP)
Kim was addressing a conference of veterans on the 67th anniversary of the 1953 armistice that ended Korean War hostilities, the official Korean Central News Ag...
Guns and glory: two Koreas mark armistice
Jul 27, 2020 (AFP)
The contrasting events marked 67 years since the ceasefire that left the peninsula divided and millions of families split by the Demilitarized Zone. In the Nort...
Iran arms embargo lapse would 'intensify' regional violence: US envoy
Jul 26, 2020 (AFP)
"I've spoken with leaders here in the Gulf and around the world -- no one believes that Iran should be able to freely buy and sell conventional weapons such as ...
Iran says passengers can sue US for endangering flight
Jul 25, 2020 (AFP)
Two US fighter jets flew dangerously close to the Mahan Air plane over war-torn Syria on Thursday, according to Iranian authorities, forcing the pilot to take e...
Trump tells Putin hopes to avoid US-Russia-China arms race
Jul 23, 2020 (AFP)
Washington and Moscow are preparing negotiations on a successor to the New START treaty capping their countries' nuclear arsenals. However, China has so far rej...
Moscow sees 'chance' to save Iran nuclear deal
Jul 21, 2020 (AFP)
"We are convinced that there is still a chance to return the (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) into a stable situation," Russia's top diplomat said as he met...
Pompeo hopeful for 'senior' talks soon with North Korea
Jul 15, 2020 (AFP)
Pompeo, without elaborating, said there was "more discussion than is publicly noticed" with North Korea. "I'm hopeful that we'll be able to have a senior discus...
At border with Iran, Iraq PM vows to fight customs corruption
Jul 11, 2020 (AFP)
Speaking at the Mandili crossing on the border with Iran, Kadhemi said Iraq's frontier had become "a hotbed for corrupt people". "This is the beginning of our p...
Kim's sister says 'no need' for another US-N. Korea summit
Jul 10, 2020 (AFP)
Kim and US President Donald Trump first met in Singapore two years ago but talks over Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal have been stalled since their Hanoi summit col...
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