North Korea says 1.4 million apply to join army amid tensions with South
Reuters North Korean state media said on Wednesday around 1.4 million young people had applied to join or return to the army this week, blaming Seoul for a provocative drone…
Singapore scrambles fighters as fake bomb threat targets Air India jet
Agency Report Singapore scrambled fighter planes as an approaching Air India Express passenger plane received a bomb threat. The city-state’s air force dispatched two F-15SG military aircraft to escort Air…
North Korea blows up roads connecting it to the South
AFP North Korea blew up sections of the deeply symbolic roads connecting it to the South on Tuesday, Seoul’s military said, adding it had conducted a “counter-fire” operation in response.…
South Korea military says ‘fully ready’ as drone tensions soar
AFP South Korea’s military said Monday it was “fully ready” to respond after North Korea ordered troops on the border to prepare to fire in an escalating dispute over drone…
Indian politician shot dead in Mumbai
AFP MUMBAI, India – A senior politician in India’s financial capital Mumbai was shot dead on Saturday, weeks ahead of key state elections, with police probing the role of a…
At least 20 killed in attack on miners in southwestern Pakistan, police say
Agency Report Amid a rise in shooting crimes, at least 20 miners were killed and seven injured in an attack by armed men on a small private coal mine in…
Pacific Island nations at risk of becoming footholds for global crime gangs, says UN
Reuters Pacific Island nations are at risk of becoming bases for global criminal gangs, a report by the United Nations drug authority said on Friday, as criminal activity surges across…
Former China deputy central bank head gets suspended death sentence for taking bribes
Reuters China’s former deputy central bank governor, Fan Yifei, has been sentenced to death for taking bribes with a two-year reprieve, state media said on Thursday, amid a sweeping anti-graft…
Pyongyang to ‘permanently’ shut border with South Korea
AFP North Korea’s army said on Wednesday it was moving to “permanently shut off and block the southern border” with the South and had informed the US military to prevent…
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says he will speed up steps to become a nuclear weapons superpower
Reuters PYONGYANG – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will speed up steps toward becoming a military superpower with nuclear weapons and would not rule out using…