Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »

Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity

Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity

:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »

Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism

Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism

:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »

Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts

Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »

Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’

Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »

 

Tag Archives: NORTH KOREA

US confirms North Korea launched short-range ballistic missile

:: The United States confirmed on Sunday that North Korea had test-launched another ballistic missile. The US Pacific Command said the short-range missile, launched from near Wonsan Airfield, was tracked for six minutes until it landed in the Sea of

Concerns as North Korea’s latest solid-fuel missile test successful

:: North Korea fired a solid-fuel ballistic missile Sunday that can be harder for outsiders to detect before launch and later said the test was hailed as perfect by leader Kim Jong Un. The official Korean Central News Agency confirmed

White House says aware of North Korea launch, notes shorter range

:: The White House said on Sunday it was aware North Korea had launched a medium range ballistic missile (MRBM) and noted its range was shorter than recent tests. “We are aware that North Korea launched an MRBM. This system,

S. Korea’s Moon names top ministers, chief security adviser

Moon Jae-In

:: South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Sunday announced his picks for finance and foreign ministers while appointing a former diplomat as his top security adviser for his new government. Moon announced during a televised press briefing that he appointed

S.Korea warns of ‘high possibility’ of conflict with North as missile crisis builds

:: South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday there was a “high possibility” of conflict with North Korea, which is pressing ahead with nuclear and missile programs it says it needs to counter US aggression. The comments came hours

Trump calls for tougher sanctions as North Korea continues missile tests

:: President Donald Trump called for tougher sanctions against North Korea after it test-fired a ballistic missile Sunday in an apparent attempt to test the South’s new liberal president and the US. “Let this latest provocation serve as a call

N.Korea fires unidentified projectile: S.Korea military

:: North Korea fired on Sunday an unidentified projectile from a region near its west coast, South Korea’s military said. The nature of the projectile is not immediately clear, a South Korean military official said by telephone. Yonhap news agency

North Korea open to US talks under ‘conditions’, says official

:: A top North Korean diplomat says Pyongyang would be willing to meet with the Trump administration for negotiations “if the conditions are set.” Choi Sun-hee, the top North Korean diplomat who handles relations with the US, spoke briefly to

In global appeal, North Korea urges states not to enforce UN sanctions

:: North Korea made a global appeal in a letter released on Friday for states to reconsider enforcing UN sanctions on the Asian nation as Washington seeks to step up pressure on Pyongyang to end its nuclear and ballistic missile

Iran-North Korea: Weapons and nuclear connections

Dr. Majid Rafizadeh

By : Dr. Majid Rafizadeh :: They appear to be two odd bedfellows. Iran is a Shiite theocracy while North Korea is mainly non-religious, and they do not share commonalities regarding ethnicity or geographic location. But for Iran, building alliances

N. Korea congratulates Russia on 72nd anniversary of Victory Day

:: North Korea on Tuesday extended congratulations to Russia on the 72nd anniversary of the former Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. “The Korean people extend congratulations and friendly greetings to the Russian people on the

N. Korea’s death plot accusations mimic its own misdeeds

Kim Jong Un

:: In the paranoid universe of North Korea, the feverish accusations it makes against its sworn enemies bear a creepy resemblance to its own misdeeds. Its latest claim of a South Korean and American plot to assassinate Kim Jong Un

N. Korea accuses CIA of ‘bio-chemical’ plot against leadership

Kim Joun-Un

:: North Korea has accused the US Central Intelligence Agency and South Korea’s intelligence service of a plot to attack its “supreme leadership” with a bio-chemical weapon and said such a “pipe-dream” could never succeed. Tension on the Korean peninsula

Trump says he ‘would be honored’ to meet Kim Jong Unit

:: US President Donald Trump opened the door Monday to a future meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, offering unusual praise for the globally ostracized leader at a time of surging nuclear tensions. Trump’s conciliatory comments marked a departure

Trump says North Korea’s Kim is ‘a pretty smart cookie’

Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump offered some backhanded praise for North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, calling him “a pretty smart cookie” in a television interview that aired Sunday. Trump’s almost admiring remarks came amid soaring tensions with North Korea over its

North Korea test-fires ballistic missile in defiance of world pressure

North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday, the South Korean and US militaries said, defying warnings from the United States and the reclusive state’s main ally, China, which have tried for years to rein in its arms programs. The

Philippine leader says N. Korea’s Kim “wants to end the world,” urges US restraint

Rodrigo Duterte

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday urged the United States to show restraint after North Korea’s latest missile test and to avoid playing into the hands of leader Kim Jong Un, who “wants to end the world.” The notoriously blunt

US warns of possible conflict with N. Korea, China says situation could escalate

US President Donald Trump said a major conflict with North Korea was possible over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, while China said the situation on the Korean peninsula could escalate or slip out of control. Trump, speaking to Reuters

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