Moscow: Major explosions have been reported from Russia in the offices linked with the military, weapons exporter companies and chemical companies over the last two weeks. A railway bridge near the Ukraine border suffered significant damage in one of the blasts. All these incidents indicate that the Ukraine conflict has its repercussions in Russia. Russian […]
Seoul: North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Saturday. This is the second test of ballistic missiles by North Korea in the last three days. But it is claimed that North Korea launched the ballistic missile from a submarine on Saturday. The United States had warned that North Korea was preparing for a nuclear test. […]
Beijing/Taipei/London: 18 Chinese Fighter jets and bombers intruded into the Taiwanese airspace on Saturday. This year, this is the second significant intrusion by the Chinese airplanes into Taiwanese airspace. The Chinese confidence has increased manifold following the US refusal to supply weapons and defence systems to Taiwan. The effects are apparent in the Taiwanese airspace. […]
London: Japan and United Kingdom have agreed on a comprehensive defence cooperation agreement as a countermeasure to China’s increasingly assertive actions in Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. This is the first time Japan has signed a reciprocal access agreement with a European country. Previously Japan had signed similar defence cooperation agreements with the United States […]
Beijing: South Korea became the first Asian country to join NATO’s cyber security centre. South Korea claims that this will raise global cyber security standards. But China has retorted that Ukraine joining NATO could provoke a sense of insecurity in Russia. South Korea’s participation in NATO would create a sense of insecurity in neighbouring countries, […]
Brussels/Moscow – Slovakians and Hungary, members of the European Union (EU) have refused to accept the proposed sanctions by the EU on oil from Russia. Slovakia has demanded a timeline of minimum three years to shift to an alternative for Russian fuel. In contrast, Hungary has refused the oil embargo stating that it is not […]
Seoul – The Korean intelligence agency announced that South Korea had been included in the cyber security group by NATO. This makes South Korea the first Asian country to be included in NATO. This could be an incitement to South Korean neighbours North Korea and China. South Korea has been officially inducted into the Cooperative […]
Tehran: Israeli President Isaac Herzog had said, ‘If Saudi Arabia joins Abraham’s family, I will openly visit Saudi Arabia.’ President Herzog called on Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accord during an interview with a local daily on Israel’s Independence Day. But Iranian media claim that Israeli President Herzog paid a secret visit to Saudi […]
Tokyo: China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier and eight destroyers sailed near the Japanese island of Okinawa. It is claimed that China has demonstrated its strength through this action. Military analysts say the patrolling of Chinese warships is a warning for Taiwan and Japan. Japan, meanwhile, issued a warning to the patrolling Chinese warships by dispatching its […]
Vatican City: Respected supreme Christian leader Pope Francis criticised that the Ukraine conflict resulted from the NATO incitement to Russia. Pope Francis has proposed to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to make an effort to stop the Ukraine conflict. President Putin has still not responded to this. Against this background, Pope Francis has held NATO […]