Category: Asia
UN Says Erdogan ‘Wrong’ to Link Zionism With Fascism
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticized Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for comments linking Zionism with fascism. “The secretary-general heard the prime minister’s speech through an interpreter,” Ban Ki-moon’s office...
N. Korea propaganda footage shows Obama, US troops on fire
Photo discovered on RT A new North Korean propaganda video has emerged, depicting US President Barack Obama and American soldiers through a background of flames. The footage states Pyongyang carried out its latest nuclear...
North Korea threatens South with “final destruction”
Photo Credit: Reuters/Lee Jae-Won (Reuters) – North Korea threatened South Korea with “final destruction” during a debate at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday, saying it could take further steps after a nuclear test...
Thousands of N. Koreans celebrate nuclear test, more tests planned
North Korea has reportedly told its primary ally China that it could stage one, possibly two more nuclear tests this year. The report follows a massive, 100,000-strong rally in Pyongyang to celebrate a recent...
Russia plans $25-$30 billion oil-for-loans deal with China
Photo Credit: Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk (Reuters) – Rosneft is seeking to borrow up to $30 billion from China in exchange for possibly doubling oil supplies, making Beijing the largest consumer of Russian oil and further diverting supplies away...
Israel urges swift response to North Korea nuclear test
Photo: REUTERS Foreign Ministry says Pyongyang’s defiance of UN resolutions raises “grave concerns” about proliferation of nuclear and ballistic technologies; calls on int’l community to deliver message that such activities won’t be tolerated. Israel...
North Korea’s nuclear test will boost Iran
As North Korea braces itself for another round of international condemnation in the wake of its latest nuclear test, the one country that will be maintaining a discreet silence is Iran. Unlike Pyongyang’s previous nuclear...
North Korea’s latest nuke stunt signals country closer to missile capability
Experts say North Korea’s successful detonation of a miniaturized nuclear device is concerning because it indicates the country may be getting closer to the ability to put a nuclear device on a missile. North...
China, Japan engage in new invective over disputed isles
Photo Credit: Reuters/Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force/Handout (Reuters) – China and Japan engaged on Friday in a fresh round of invective over military movements near a disputed group of uninhabited islands, fuelling tension that for months has bedeviled relations between...
