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Pompeo: NKorea missiles don't impact negotiations
Aug 07, 2019 (AFP)
One day after North Korea called a new round of short-range missiles a "warning" against joint US-South Korea military exercises, Pompeo told reporters that it ...
Iran 'favours' talks despite Trump snub
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
Rouhani said "peace with Iran is the mother of all peace" and "war with Iran is the mother of all wars" as he defended a landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Tehr...
Japan urged to sign UN nuke ban on Hiroshima anniversary
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe led commemorations at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima as residents offered silent prayers, lit candles and placed wreathes to rem...
North Korea threatens more launches after fourth test in 12 days
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
The rising temperature on the peninsula threatens to derail putative negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington, with the North saying the combined drills we...
Kim sends missile 'warning' to S.Korea, US as tensions rise
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
The latest launch by the nuclear-armed North came after the South Korean and US militaries began mainly computer-simulated joint exercises on Monday to test Seo...
US, S.Korea lack 'political will' on peace talks: KCNA
Aug 05, 2019 (AFP)
The comments by an unnamed North Korean foreign ministry spokesman, carried by state news agency KCNA, came as Pyongyang fired two "unidentified projectiles" of...
US, S. Korea defy North's warnings, start joint drills
Aug 05, 2019 (AFP)
The drills come after Pyongyang tested a series of short-range projectiles in recent days, calling one of them a "solemn warning" to Seoul against pursuing the ...
Putin urges new arms talks with US to avoid 'chaos'
Aug 05, 2019 (AFP)
Moscow and Washington tore up the Intermediate Range Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty on Friday, triggering fears of a new arms race. "In order to...
Demise of US-Russia nuclear treaty fuels fears of new arms race
Aug 02, 2019 (AFP)
As Washington placed the blame firmly on Moscow over the demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, President Donald Trump said any new disar...
US, Russia rip up Cold War-era INF missile treaty
Aug 02, 2019 (AFP)
The 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty limited the use of medium-range missiles, both conventional and nuclear. US Secretary of State Mike Pomp...
Dismissing missile tests, Trump says Kim won't want to 'disappoint me'
Aug 02, 2019 (AFP)
Underlining his intense personal support for the North Korean leader, Trump fired off three tweets brushing aside the short-range missile launches. "There may b...
Iran says sanctions show US 'afraid' of top diplomat
Aug 01, 2019 (AFP)
The US Treasury said the sanctions would freeze any of Zarif's assets in the United States or controlled by US entities, as well as squeeze his ability to funct...
Trump has 'no problem' with latest North Korean missile tests
Aug 01, 2019 (AFP)
The nuclear-armed North is barred from ballistic missile tests under UN resolutions and its actions have drawn condemnation from European members of the Securit...
US-South Korea drills still on despite Pyongyang warnings: US
Aug 01, 2019 (AFP)
North Korea fired what Seoul called two short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday after two similar launches last week, one of which Pyongyang described as a ...
Moscow set to deploy new weapons as INF treaty ends
Aug 01, 2019 (AFP)
Washington and Moscow have long accused each other of violating the 1987 treaty and both sides have been planning the mutual withdrawal for many months. Russian...
US sanctions Iran's foreign minister
Aug 01, 2019 (AFP)
The sanctions freeze any of Zarif's assets in the United States or that are controlled by US entities, the government announced, saying it also will curtail his...
US poised to formally abandon INF missile treaty
Aug 01, 2019 (AFP)
The treaty -- concluded in 1987 by then US president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev -- limited the Cold War powers' medium-range missiles, bo...
EU to work with top Iran diplomat despite US sanctions
Aug 01, 2019 (AFP)
The decision Wednesday was the latest blow by President Donald Trump to the 2015 international deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme, which Brussels has been tr...
N. Korea leader supervised test firing of new rocket launcher
Jul 31, 2019 (AFP)
Kim "guided a test-fire of newly-developed large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system on July 31," state-run KCNA said. South Korea's military said Wedn...
N. Korea fires two ballistic missiles: South
Jul 31, 2019 (AFP)
The two devices were fired from the Wonsan area on the east coast at dawn and flew around 250 kilometres (155 miles) into the sea, said South Korea's Joint Chie...
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