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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday (January 6) that Japan “cannot tolerate” North Korea’s latest nuclear test, and that firm action would be taken at the international level. “North Korea’s nuclear test is a serious threat to our nation’s security and absolutely cannot be tolerated. We strongly denounce it,” he told parliament. North Korea said it had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device on Wednesday morning, which would mark […]
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said on Wednesday (January 6) that seismic waves emanating from North Korea looked similar to those detected after Pyongyang’s previous nuclear tests. “Looking at the results, and of course I’m talking about the seismic data, I don’t think there’s a big difference between the past three shakes,” JMA’s Yohei Hasegawa said during a news conference. North Korea’s state TV on Wednesday announced the reclusive country had successfully conducted a test of […]
(REUTERS) North Korea said it had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturized hydrogen nuclear device on Wednesday morning, marking a significant advance in the isolated state’s strike capabilities and raising alarm bells in Japan and South Korea. The test, the fourth time North Korea has exploded a nuclear device, was ordered by young leader Kim Jong Un, state media said. “The first H-bomb test was successfully conducted at 10:00 (2030 ET) on Wednesday,” North […]
Japan is to convene a security council meeting following an apparent North Korean earthquake earlier on Wednesday (January 6) its suspects was a nuclear test. “According to the Meteorological Agency this earthquake is not a naturally occurring earthquake. The Japanese government, based on past examples, we believe there is a possibility that this is a nuclear test by North Korea. We have therefore convened the relevant ministries to a gather for an emergency strategy meeting […]
Saudi Arabia signaled on Tuesday (January 6) that the breach in its relations with Iran would not affect talks on Syria, another round of which is scheduled in Geneva this month. Riyadh and Tehran, which support opposing sides in the Syrian civil war, have attended previous talks on the conflict but there is concern that the new rift between the arch rivals could set back diplomatic efforts to bring peace to Syria. Speaking after talks […]
The Philippine government is focusing on the safety of more than 2 million Filipinos based in the Middle East after tensions increased between Saudi Arabia and Iran after the former severed its diplomatic ties with Iran in the aftermath of the attack on the Saudi embassy in Iran, as Iranian rallyists protest the imposition of the death penalty of Saudi Arabia on Iranian Shi’ite clerics. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing […]
Residents in the Iranian capital of Tehran have spoken out against the actions of Saudi Arabia as tensions between the two countries reached breaking point in the past few days. The rift between the two countries became inflamed after Saudi Arabia executed prominent Shiite cleric Nemer al-Nemer along with 46 others over terrorism charges on January 2. This was followed by an attack on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran by protesters, leading to Saudi Arabia […]
Fourteen people were killed and more than 30 injured in a bus fire on Tuesday morning in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, local authorities said. The accident happened at around 07:00, when Bus No. 301 caught fire near a furniture mall in Helan County, Yinchuan City. The injured have been sent to hospital for treatment. The fire was soon extinguished. Local police rushed to the scene, and were investigating the cause of the incident. […]
Government troops regained full control of Yemen’s Aden port on Monday (January 4), after hours of fierce clashes with gunmen who stormed the facility a day earlier. The government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has been grappling with lawlessness in the southern port since militiamen, backed by a Saudi-led Arab alliance, drove the Iran-allied Houthis out in July. The clashes were concentrated around the cargo and container terminals in Aden, which the gunmen had sought […]
Saudi Arabia’s decision to break off diplomatic ties with Iran will not affect its own efforts to secure peace in Syria and Yemen, the kingdom’s ambassador to the United Nations, Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, said on Monday (January 4). “From our side it will have no effect because it will continue to work very hard towards supporting the peace efforts in Syria, in Yemen, wherever there might be a need for that. How is that going to […]
The White House on Monday (January 4) urged Saudi Arabia and Iran to show restraint in the crisis spurred by the execution of a senior Shi’ite cleric by Saudi Arabia. “We do continue to be concerned about the need for both the Iranians and the Saudis to de-escalate the situation. We are urging all sides to show some restraint and to not further inflame tensions that are on quite vivid display in the region,” White […]
A fifth gunman was killed on Monday (January 4) as Indian security forces battled for the third day to clear out militants who attacked one of its air bases and killed seven soldiers. Twenty-two were wounded. The attack on the base in northern Pathankot city, which started before dawn on Saturday (January 2), is a rare targeting of an Indian military installation outside of the disputed Kashmir region. Major General Dushyant Singh from National Security […]
