NUKE WARS

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U.S. and U.K. tap Lockheed for Trident II support
Dec 21, 2017 (UPI)
The terms of deal were announced Wednesday in a press release by the Department of Defense. The agreement taps Lockheed Martin to integrate navigation hardware,...
North Korea's 'Ever Victorious' firms face China axe
Dec 21, 2017 (AFP)
Accounting for 90 percent of North Korea's trade, China is a major outpost for what little financial and economic interests its secretive ally has abroad. But B...
China balks at adding 10 ships to UN blacklist over N. Korea cargo
Dec 21, 2017 (AFP)
The vessels including two Hong Kong-flagged ships and two North Korean tankers will be barred from entry into ports worldwide if the council approves the reques...
North Korean soldier defects to South via DMZ: Seoul
Dec 21, 2017 (AFP)
The "low-ranking" soldier made his way across the central part of the land border, a ministry spokesman said. It came a month after a rare and dramatic defectio...
US in talks with China on new N.Korea sanctions: diplomats
Dec 20, 2017 (AFP)
The new measure is expected to target supplies of oil products to North Korea that are vital for military programs aimed at developing Pyongyang's nuclear strik...
Canada, US to host N. Korea crisis talks in January
Dec 20, 2017 (AFP)
"We believe a diplomatic solution to the crisis is essential and possible," Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told a joint press conference with visit...
Halt execution of academic 'immediately', UN experts tell Iran
Dec 20, 2017 (AFP)
Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian emergency medicine specialist resident in Sweden, was sentenced to death in the Islamic republic in October for spying for Israel....
N. Korea weapons 'sprint' revives spectre of nuclear exchange
Dec 19, 2017 (AFP)
An increasingly-belligerent Pyongyang -- and volatile US rhetoric -- dominated the world agenda and looks set to do the same next year as the international comm...
US launches push at UN for action against Iran
Dec 19, 2017 (AFP)
During a council meeting on Iran, Haley drew a list of possible measures that immediately drew strong reservations from Russia, which has friendly relations wit...
Iran airs alleged confession of death-row academic
Dec 18, 2017 (AFP)
In the video aired late Sunday and prepared by Iran's intelligence ministry, Ahmadreza Djalali says he worked with a foreign intelligence agency while studying ...
Once taboo, China listens to US contingencies on N.Korea
Dec 18, 2017 (AFP)
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's recent revelation that such a discussion took place would -- if true -- suggest a major shift in Chinese policy as Beijing...
Nagasaki A-bomb survivors lose suit seeking official recognition
Dec 18, 2017 (AFP)
The presiding judge at the Supreme Court rejected the suit filed by 387 people who were within 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) of ground zero when the attack happened...
N. Korea 'agent' charged with WMD sale plot in Australia
Dec 17, 2017 (AFP)
The 59-year-old naturalised Australian citizen of Korean descent, named in local media as Chan Han Choi, was attempting to broker illicit deals that could have ...
Putin, Trump discuss N Korea in phone call
Dec 15, 2017 (AFP)
The two heads of state discussed "the situation in several crisis zones, with a focus on solving the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula," the Kremlin said in...
Mattis emphasizes diplomacy in dealing with Iran
Dec 15, 2017 (AFP)
US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Thursday presented missile fragments and other military gear that she said came from Iran and had been used a...
China sidesteps blame over S. Korean journalist's beating
Dec 15, 2017 (AFP)
The incident has sparked outrage in South Korea, with the opposition calling on Moon to cancel the rest of his four-day state visit, his first in China since ta...
US envoy says 'real dialogue' needed with N. Korea
Dec 15, 2017 (AFP)
Joseph Yun's comments came after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson created a stir by appearing to open a door to direct talks with the North without precondit...
NATO urges Russia to respond to US missile concerns
Dec 15, 2017 (AFP)
The US says Russia has developed, tested and deployed an intermediate-range missile system that breaks its commitments under a 1987 treaty between Washington an...
S. Korea outraged by journalist beating in China
Dec 15, 2017 (AFP)
Opposition parties and internet users joined in, saying the incident epitomised the Asian giant's attitude towards its smaller neighbour. The main opposition Li...
N.Korea must 'earn its way back to table,' Tillerson tells UN
Dec 15, 2017 (AFP)
Tillerson told the UN Security Council that a "sustained cessation of North Korea's threatening behavior must occur before talks can begin," apparently after co...
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