Divided Muslim family yearns to reunite, 70 years after India-Pakistan split
As India and Pakistan prepare to celebrate 70 years of independence from Britain next week, thousands of families in the nuclear-armed neighbours remain divided by a border that strained diplomatic ties make harder to cross.
Aug 12, 2017, 09:17 AM IST
China should be neutral if North Korea fires first on US: Global Times
The United States and South Korea remain technically still at war with North Korea after the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a truce, not a peace treaty.
Aug 11, 2017, 10:07 AM IST
US President Donald Trump wants elimination of nuclear weapons from world
Donald Trump said his administration will be increasing military budget by many billions of dollars because of the North Korean threat and other reasons.
Aug 11, 2017, 09:39 AM IST
North Korea threatens US, says planning missile strike near Guam: Report
The threat came hours after US President Donald Trump threatened Pyongyang with "fire and fury" over its missile program
Aug 09, 2017, 06:34 AM IST
North Korea has produced miniaturised nuke warhead: Media report
North Korea vowed yesterday that tough new UN sanctions would not stop it from developing its nuclear arsenal, rejecting talks and angrily threatening retaliation against the United States.
Aug 08, 2017, 23:45 PM IST
North Korea ready to teach US 'severe lesson'
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Aug 07, 2017, 17:27 PM IST
Pakistan says not bound by treaty on prohibition of nuclear weapons
Pakistan stressed that the treaty neither forms a part of, nor contributes to the development of customary international law in any manner.
Aug 07, 2017, 16:37 PM IST
North Korea condemns UN sanctions, says no nuclear negotiations: Korean Central News Agency
"If the US... Believes that it would remain safe because its mainland is an ocean away from us, nothing would be a bigger misjudgment than that," Pyongyang said.
Aug 07, 2017, 13:50 PM IST
Hiroshima commemorates 72nd anniversary of atomic bombing
Many in Japan feel the attacks amount to war crimes and atrocities because they targeted civilians and due to the unprecedented destructive nature of the weapons.
Aug 06, 2017, 10:32 AM IST
South Korean foreign minister Kang Kyung-Wha open to meeting North Korean counterpart
Seoul last month proposed military talks with Pyongyang but the North refused to respond. Had they gone ahead, they would have been the first official inter-Korean talks since 2015.
Aug 05, 2017, 16:04 PM IST
Iran says US breaching nuclear deal as President Hassan Rouhani starts new term
The mounting crisis creates a difficult position for President Hassan Rouhani, a 68-year-old moderate who won re-election largely thanks to his efforts at repairing relations with the West.
Aug 03, 2017, 15:52 PM IST
A maverick at home, Japan's Taro Kono set for softer diplomatic approach abroad
Taro Kono, 54, is the son of former chief cabinet secretary Yohei Kono, who wrote a landmark 1993 apology to "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels.
Aug 03, 2017, 10:50 AM IST
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte calls North Korean leader Kim Jong a 'fool' over nuclear ambitions
In April Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte questioned North Korean leader Kim Jong's sanity and urged the United States to show restraint and not be baited by a man who "wants to end the world".
Aug 02, 2017, 16:35 PM IST
US bombers fly over South Korea after North's 2nd ICBM test
The B-1 bombers were escorted by South Korean fighter jets as they performed a low-pass over an air base near the South Korean capital of Seoul before returning to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the US Pacific Air Forces
Jul 31, 2017, 15:18 PM IST
Ram Gopal Varma's first international project 'NUCLEAR': Everything you want to know about Rs 340 crore film
It will feature American, Chinese, Russian and Indian actors. The 'Satya' director stated that he will star be working on 'Nuclear' as soon as he wraps up 'Sarkar 3'.
Nov 07, 2016, 16:05 PM IST
North Korea tells UN 'going nuclear' is only option
Speaking to the General Assembly, Ri Yong-ho yesterday said his country will "continue to take measures to strengthen its national nuclear armed forces in both quantity and quality."
Sep 24, 2016, 06:02 AM IST
North Korea ready to conduct another nuclear test: Report
North Korea has completed preparations for another nuclear test in a previously unused tunnel at its Punggye-ri site, South Korea`s Yonhap news agency reported Monday.
Sep 12, 2016, 08:15 AM IST
DNA: Comparative analysis of nuclear stockpiles of India and Pakistan
Analyzing the nuclear war-head strength of India and Pak's menace of nuclear attack. Watch complete news story of DNA for getting detailed updates!
Aug 09, 2016, 00:12 AM IST
India building top-secret nuclear city: Foreign Policy journal
India is building a top-secret nuclear city to produce thermonuclear weapons and when completed in 2017 the facility would be the subcontinent's "largest military-run" complex of nuclear centrifuges, a leading American foreign policy journal has claimed.
Dec 18, 2015, 15:33 PM IST
Shinzo Abe in India: Nuclear, defence, bullet train deals fast-track India-Japan ties
The 16 agreements came during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to India, during which he also attended the annual bilateral summit on the "special strategic and global partnership" with his host and Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
Dec 13, 2015, 00:19 AM IST
