Pope Francis used his first Easter Sunday address to call for peace in the world and appealed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis on the Korean peninsula. In his first "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message, Francis also called for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, an end to the civil war in Syria, and political solutions to conflicts in several African countries. ...
07:50 PM, Mar 31, 2013
France has appealed to North Korea for avoiding such steps that may escalate the tension after Pyongyang announced having entered a "state of war". ...
06:22 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Amid escalating tension in the Korean peninsula after recent aggressive statements by North, the US has said it is in close touch with its South Korean allies and is prepared for any possible threat from Pyongyang. "We've seen reports of a new and unconstructive statement from North Korea. We take these threats seriously and remain in close contact with our South Korean Allies," said Caitlin Hayden, spokesperson of the National...
09:51 AM, Mar 31, 2013
The White House said on Saturday that it takes North Korea's latest saber-rattling threats seriously while cautioning that Pyongyang has a long history of bellicose rhetoric. ...
09:20 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Across North Korea, soldiers are gearing up for battle and shrouding their jeeps and vans with camouflage netting. Newly painted signboards and posters call for "death to the US imperialists" and urge the people to fight with "arms, not words." ...
07:59 AM, Mar 30, 2013
North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a "state of war" with South Korea in a continuing escalation of tough rhetoric against Seoul and Washington after coming under international sanctions for its nuclear test. ...
07:45 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Russia said on Friday that heightened military activity near North Korea was slipping into a "vicious cycle" that could get out of control, implicitly criticising US bomber flights that followed threats from Pyongyang. ...
06:21 AM, Mar 30, 2013
The stealthy, nuclear-capable US B-2 bomber is a veteran of wars in Iraq and Libya, but it isn't usually a tool of Washington's statecraft. ...
04:27 AM, Mar 30, 2013
India has strongly criticised the final draft of a global Arms Trade Treaty as 'flawed' and tilted against weapons-importing countries even as Iran, North Korea and Syria have blocked adoption of the UN treaty aimed to regulate the $70 billion conventional arms trade around the world. ...
04:07 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Iran, Syria and North Korea on Friday prevented the adoption of the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, complaining that it was flawed and failed to ban weapons sales to rebel groups. ...
02:45 PM, Mar 29, 2013
North Korea has put its rocket units on standby on Friday to attack US mainland and military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force. ...
10:19 AM, Mar 29, 2013
North Korea has put its rocket units on standby on Friday to attack US military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force. ...
05:49 AM, Mar 29, 2013
In a show of force following weeks of North Korean bluster, the US on Thursday took the unprecedented step of announcing that two of its nuclear-capable B-2 bombers dropped munitions on a South Korean island as part of joint military drills. ...
06:44 PM, Mar 28, 2013
North Korea upping its war rhetoric, has said on Wednesday that it is cutting a key military hotline with South Korea in response to new UN sanctions, which was its only formal channel of communication with the South. This comes a day after North Korea reportedly readied its military units, tasked with targeting the US. ...
11:30 AM, Mar 28, 2013
Arguing that North Korea will achieve nothing by threats or provocations, the US on Tuesday said that Pyongyang should choose the path of peace and comply with its international obligations. ...
09:00 AM, Mar 27, 2013
North Korea repeated threats to target US military bases on Tuesday as Washington and its allies tightened economic sanctions against the isolated country by targeting Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank with new measures. ...
11:10 PM, Mar 26, 2013
The death toll from a suicide bombing on a military check post in Pakistan's North Waziristan region has reached 17, the military said on Sunday. ...
05:00 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Heavy snow initially led to the match being postponed on Friday and shifted to Saturday. No new date has been set for the fixture. ...
10:08 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Croatia beat Serbia 2-0 whereas Germany, playing without any recognised strikers, triumphed 3-0 in Kazakhstan. ...
05:33 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Coca-Cola says it's cutting 750 jobs in the US as it continues to streamline its business. The world's biggest beverage maker says the jobs cuts will be across the board and that affected individuals will be notified in coming weeks. The cuts represent roughly 1 per cent of the company's workforce of 75,000 in North America. ...
02:13 AM, Mar 22, 2013
