NK News North Korea launched a rocket at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported, citing the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff. S. Korean media says N. Korean rocket successfully puts satellite into space. North Korea launches…
Category: Conflicts
Russia Claims Turkey Planning Military Invasion Of Syria
Developments on the Turkish-Syrian border give serious grounds to suspect that Ankara is planning a military invasion in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said.“We have serious grounds to suspect intensive preparations by Turkey for a military invasion on the territory…
US drone strike kills top Qaeda chief in south Yemen: family
An air strike believed to have been carried out by a US drone in south yemen on Thursday killed a prominent chief of Al-Qaeda’s branch in the war-torn country, a family member said.Jalal Belaidi, alias Abu Hamza, a top commander…
Syria conflict: Sides trade blame over talks’ suspension
Syria’s government and the opposition have blamed each other for the suspension of peace talks in Geneva.UN envoy Staffan de Mistura called a temporary pause, saying the talks would resume on 25 February.But the opposition HNC said they would not…
Japan Ready to Shoot Down North Korean Missile
Japan put its military on alert on Wednesday to shoot down any North Korean rocket that threatens its territory, while South Korea warned the North it would pay a “severe price” if it goes ahead with a satellite launch that…
Israeli police kills three Palestinian at East Jerusalem
Three Palestinian men have been shot and killed by Israeli police after a shooting incident, which left a female police officer dead and another injured in occupied East Jerusalem.Police said the Palestinians were armed with guns, knives and explosives, and…
Jordan King wants Int’l support to help refugees
The king of Jordan has warned the international community that it must give his country long-term aid to help cope with the huge influx of Syrian refugees, or the “dam is going to burst”.In an interview with the BBC aired…
South Korea warns North against satellite launch
South Korea has warned the North it will “pay a harsh price” if it goes ahead with its plan to launch a satellite into space.North Korea said on Tuesday it intended to carry out the launch between 8 and 25…
HRW Sees Possible War Crimes By Shia Militia In Iraq
Members of Shia militias, who the Iraqi government has included among its state forces, abducted and killed scores of Sunni residents in a central Iraq town and demolished Sunni homes, stores, and mosques following January 11, 2016 bombings claimed by…
A British Mother Has Been Jailed for Joining the Islamic State
A 26-year-old British mother who took her toddler son to Syria and posted pictures of him next to a weapon was jailed on Monday for six years for belonging to the Islamic State (IS).
Islamic State bombings kills 71
Bombings claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed 71 people and wounded dozens more on Sunday near a revered Shiite shrine outside the Syrian capital Damascus, a monitor said.The blasts, which came as the UN’s Syria envoy struggled to…
Boko Haram attack: Children burnt alive among 86 killed in Nigeria
At least 86 people, including children, killed in a series of attacks on a village in northern Nigeria. At least 86 people, including a number children, have been killed in a series of attacks on a village in north-eastern Nigeria,…
Syria opposition threatens to walk out of Geneva talks
Syria’s main opposition bloc has threatened to pull out of United Nations-sponsored peace talks in Geneva if what it called the “crimes” of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government persisted.Representatives of the Saudi Arabia-based group, known as the High Negotiations Committee…
Turkey summons Russian ambassador
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in Ankara to protest and condemn what it called a violation of airspace by a Russian warplane.The Foreign Ministry said the Russian SU-34 fighter was warned by Turkish air radar units, in both…
US Senate committee passes sanctions against N Korea
Bill, should it pass full senate and conference committee, would be strongest against North so far The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved legislation on Thursday that would tighten sanctions on North Korea.
Syria’s main opposition group ‘to join talks in Geneva’
The main Syrian opposition body has agreed to attend talks which have begun in Geneva, sources told Al Jazeera. UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said on Friday that he believed he would be able to meet the…
Deadly attack rocks mosque in Saudi Arabia
At least four people were killed and 18 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia, the Interior Ministry has said.
Reports CIA Had Plane On Ready To ‘Kidnap’ Snowden
A Danish news website has published documents backing up the allegations that in June 2013 a US plane with a connection to CIA black site programs was on call in Copenhagen ready to snatch NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden as he…
Japan military on alert for N Korean missile test
Japan has put its military on alert for a possible North Korean ballistic missile launch after indications it is preparing for a test firing, two people with direct knowledge of the order told Reuters on Friday.”Increased activity at North Korea’s…
Is Burma’s long peace process coming to a halt?
By C. S. Kuppuswamy “Without a lasting peace with ethnic minority groups, who make up around 40 percent of the population, any future administration will have difficulty ensuring a nationwide buy-in for its reform agenda and providing the political stability…
Syria: Preparing The End Game
On January 11, 2016 you could scour the internet to your heart’s content, but nowhere would you find a single reference to the start of ceasefire talks between the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the forces rebelling against…
Deadly shooting occurred during arrest of US militiamen
An FBI operation to arrest leaders of a militia has ended with one man dead and another wounded on a highway in the US state of Oregon. Seven people from the armed group are now in custody.Ammon Bundy, 40, the…
China against N.Korean measures by the U.S.
Japan’s Kyodo News, citing a source familiar with diplomatic affairs, reported on Sunday that China remains opposed to the UN resolution draft that includes heavy sanctions on exports of crude oil to North Korea.
Seoul’s National Assembly to pass N.Korea human rights bill
South Korean lawmakers on Saturday reached an agreement to pass the North Korean human rights bill this Friday at the National Assembly plenary session.
Terror attack on Pakistani university at least 30 killed
At least 30 people are dead and 50 injured after a group of militants stormed a university in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, in an attack that lasted hours.The gunmen used the cover of thick, wintry fog to scale the walls…
N Korea’s propaganda war with Seoul starting to get out of hand
Days after Seoul resumed blasting K-pop and derisive messages about Kim Jong-un’s wife across the DMZ in response to North Korea’s latest nuclear test, Pyongyang escalated the propaganda war by raining leaflets on South Korea that compared President Park Geun-hye…
Pakistan Charsadda: Deadly assault on university
Security forces have ended a gun and bomb attack on a university in north-west Pakistan in which 19 people were killed and 50 injured. A militant gun attack has caused carnage at a university in north-west Pakistan, with at least…
Navy SEAL allegedly kept picture of Osama bin Laden’s corpse
Washington – A Navy SEAL who helped kill Osama bin Laden allegedly kept an unauthorized photo of his corpse, The Intercept reported Tuesday. Matthew Bissonnette turned over a hard drive that contained the photo to U.S. investigators in exchange for an…
The Islamic State’s atrocities in Iraq termed close to genocide
More than 18,000 civilians were killed in Iraq between January 1, 2014, and October 31, 2015, according to the United Nations, which says violence there remains “staggering.”An estimated 3,500 people, mainly women and children, are believed to be held as…
‘I helped create ISIS’ – story of where did ISIS come from?
A former US Marine who served in Iraq in 2003-05 explains how much ISIS is the product of the accumulated wrongs and horrific crimes committed by the US against the Iraqi people during its genocidal military campaign in that country.…