60 h. ago US aircraft carrier steams from South China Sea to Mideast after Trump threat against Iran

A US aircraft carrier has reportedly left the South China Sea after a live-fire drill and is heading to the Middle East amid anti-government protests in Iran. US cable news network NewsNation reported on Thursday that the Pentagon ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln and its carrier strike group, which includes Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, to leave their position in the South China Sea and sail towards the Middle East. According to the US Naval Institute’s carrier tracker, there...

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1 week ago South Korean Leader Visits Beijing to Reset Ties as Xi Calls for ‘Correct Strategic Choices’

South Korean Leader Visits Beijing to Reset Ties as Xi Calls for ‘Correct Strategic Choices’  kurdistan24.net

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1 week ago North Korea fires missiles ahead of South Korea leader’s visit to China

North Korea fires missiles ahead of South Korea leader’s visit to China  The Hill

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1 week ago North Korea fires missiles towards sea as South Korean leader visits China

North Korea fires missiles towards sea as South Korean leader visits China  Al Jazeera

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1 week ago South Korea's Lee begins China state visit after North fires missiles

South Korea's Lee begins China state visit after North fires missiles  Reuters

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1 week ago North Korea fires ballistic missiles as South’s leader visits China

North Korea fires ballistic missiles as South’s leader visits China  Honolulu Star-Advertiser

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1 week ago North Korea fires ballistic missiles as rival South's leader visits China

North Korea fires ballistic missiles as rival South's leader visits China  Reuters

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1 week ago North Korea launches missiles toward sea ahead of South Korean leader's visit to China

North Korea launches missiles toward sea ahead of South Korean leader's visit to China  NBC News

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1 week ago North Korean missile falls near Japan; Takaichi orders safety checks

North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast on Sunday, South Korea’s military said. “The North has launched an unidentified ballistic missile towards the East Sea,” it said, referring to a body of water also known as the Sea of Japan. Japan’s defence ministry also said it detected a possible ballistic missile, which landed at 8.08am. The projectile is believed to have fallen outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone and no damage to ships or planes has been reported, according to a...

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1 week ago North Korean missiles fall near Japan; South Korea, Japan on alert

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast on Sunday, Seoul’s military said, its first launch of the year just hours before South Korea’s leader heads to China for a summit. Sunday’s launch follows a US military operation against Pyongyang’s socialist ally Venezuela that snatched President Nicolas Maduro out of his country – for decades a nightmare scenario for North Korea’s leadership, which has long accused Washington of seeking to remove it from power. Seoul’s defence...

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3 w. ago North Korea fires warning over Japan’s ambition for nuclear weapons

North Korea said Japan’s ambition for possession of nuclear weapons should be “thoroughly curbed”, state media KCNA reported on Sunday. Japan is showing the intention to possess nuclear weapons explicitly by saying it needs to review the three non-nuclear principles, KCNA said, citing a commentary of North Korea’s foreign policy official. Japan began making such comments actively as soon as the United States approved a request from South Korea for building a nuclear submarine, KCNA...

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3 w. ago North Korea warns ‘mankind will face great disaster’ if Japan gets nuclear arms

North Korea said on Sunday that Japan’s nuclear ambitions “must be prevented at any cost” after a Tokyo official reportedly suggested the country should possess atomic weapons. Pyongyang’s reaction came after the unnamed official in the prime minister’s office was quoted by Kyodo News on Thursday as saying: “I think we should possess nuclear weapons.” The official was reported to have been involved in devising Japan’s security policy. The Kyodo report also quoted the source as saying: “In the...

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