Tag: Asia
Pentagon: U.S. Competition with China Ongoing Challenge
The U.S. competition with China is the ongoing challenge of this generation, Randall Schriver said at a Brookings Institution event in Washington. Schriver, the assistant...
North Korea pursues nuclear weapons program, evades sanctions: UN
Seoul: North Korea is pressing ahead with its nuclear weapons program while evading sanctions, a United Nations report said, following a series of recent...
Pakistan successfully tests surface to surface ballistic missile Ghaznavi: ISPR
Pakistan has successfully carried out the night training launch of Ghaznavi, a surface to surface ballistic missile, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj...
North Korea fires missiles, rejects further talks with South
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles into the sea on Friday and launched a scathing attack on "foolish" calls for...
UN chief calls for ‘maximum restraint’ in occupied Kashmir
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for India “to refrain from taking steps that could affect the status of Jammu and Kashmir”. “The...
North Korea stole $2bn for weapons from cyberattacks: UN report
North Korea has stolen up to $2 billion from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges through cyberattacks to fund its nuclear missiles program, according to a...
China warns of ‘countermeasures’ over US missile plans
BEIJING: China warned Tuesday it would take unspecified countermeasures if the United States goes ahead with plans to deploy ground-based missiles in the Asia-Pacific...
North Korea says missile launches were ‘solemn warning’ to South
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the launch of "a new type of tactical guided weapon" as a "solemn warning" to the South,...
China demands US cancel arms sale to Taiwan
Beijing: China demanded Tuesday that the United States "immediately cancel" a potential sale of $2.2 billion in arms to self-ruled Taiwan, including battle tanks...
US approves possible $2.2 billion arms sale to Taiwan
The US State Department has approved the potential sale to Taiwan of $2.2 billion in arms, including Abrams tanks and Stinger missiles, the Pentagon...
