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Seoul, March 22 North Korea is scheduled to hold the first session of its new Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) on Sunday, amid speculation about whether the regime will codify its hostile policy towards South Korea in its constitution.The parliamentary session comes after new deputies were...

March 21, New Delhi – The Trump administration granted a 30-day waiver on sanctions related to the purchase of Iranian oil at sea on Friday, marking its latest effort to ease rising oil prices.U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said in a post on X that the waiver would release around 140...

Washington, March 20 – The United States and Japan announced over $100 billion in investments in energy and infrastructure, along with new measures for defense and supply chains, signaling a closer strategic alignment in the Indo-Pacific region.President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae...

Washington, March 20 – As US intelligence officials presented a stark assessment of rising global threats, a congressional hearing revealed a deeper fracture in Washington – over whether the war with Iran was driven by evidence or political judgment.Top intelligence officials told lawmakers...

Washington, March 19 – Pakistan's long-range ballistic missile program could develop into a threat to the U.S. homeland, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard warned on Thursday.She said Pakistan's missile effort "potentially could include ICBMs with a range capable of striking the...

New Delhi, March 19 – India said on Thursday that Pakistan has a history of covert nuclear proliferation, and US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard's statement clearly indicates the kind of threat Islamabad poses to the world."As far as Pakistan is concerned, they have a history...

March 19, New Delhi: US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told lawmakers that Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and Pakistan have been researching and developing a variety of novel, advanced, and traditional missile delivery systems with nuclear and conventional payloads that could...

Washington, March 19: China and Russia are emerging as the most persistent strategic rivals to the United States, even as rapid advances in artificial intelligence, cyber capabilities, and missile systems are reshaping the global threat landscape, US intelligence officials told lawmakers...

Washington, March 18 United States' intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard told lawmakers on Wednesday that Pakistan's development of long-range ballistic missiles could include missiles capable of targeting the US.In a testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Gabbard, the Director of...

Washington, March 18 United States' intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard told lawmakers on Wednesday that Pakistan's development of long-range ballistic missiles could include missiles capable of targeting the US.In a testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Gabbard, the Director of...

Washington, March 18 – US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard warned on Wednesday that Pakistan's advancing missile program could eventually put the United States within range, highlighting it as part of a growing set of global threats to the American homeland.Presenting the...

Seoul, March 17 – South Korea's defence ministry has not received any official request from the United States to deploy warships to the Middle East, Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back said on Tuesday, following US President Donald Trump's call urging allies to send vessels to protect the Strait of...

Seoul, March 17— North Korea will hold its first session of its new Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) to deliberate on the election of state leadership and the revision of the constitution, state media reported on Tuesday.The upcoming session comes after North Korea held elections last Sunday to...

Seoul, March 16 – South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young called on North Korea on Monday not to miss an opportunity to resume dialogue with the United States after President Donald Trump expressed interest in meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un."The government's position...

Seoul, March 14 – The South Korean presidential office of National Security denounced North Korea's Saturday launch of ballistic missiles as a violation of UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, calling for an immediate halt.The office issued the statement after holding an emergency security...

Seoul, March 14 – North Korea fired approximately 10 ballistic missiles towards the East Sea on Saturday, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), apparently as a show of force while South Korea and the United States were conducting their key springtime military exercise.The JCS said they...

Seoul, March 11 – Ham Jin-woo, a North Korean defector turned journalist who went missing in 2017 in the border areas between North Korea and China, has been officially recognized by the government as one of seven South Koreans being held in North Korea, officials said on Wednesday.The...

Seoul, March 11 – The deterrence posture against North Korea will not be affected by any potential shift of military assets owned by the US military stationed in South Korea, a senior official at Cheong Wa Dae said on Wednesday, amid media reports that the US Forces Korea (USFK) has shipped out...

Seoul, March 10 – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday that a potential relocation of military assets owned by the US military stationed in South Korea would not affect the deterrence posture against North Korea.Citing media reports that the US Forces Korea (USFK) might have...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 The BJP launched a scathing attack on senior Congress leaders on Wednesday over Jairam Ramesh's criticism of BJP MPs praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament, comparing it to members of the North Korean assembly praising their supreme leader.The BJP said...