2 year agoJapanese MOD arrives at Pentagon; its also @DepSecDef Shanahan's first honor cordon as a ting SecDef
Pence says that despite the "promising" Trump-Kim dialogue, "we still await concrete steps to dismantle" DPRK's nuclear weapons programme.
Rumors circulate in Kyrgyz social media that small anti-Chinese rally held on Bishkek's Ala-Too square was organized by MP Irina Karamushkina (ex-President Atambayev's protege), who personally paid demonstrators at nearby cafe.
Officials say they have identified about 1,500 people in Kabul who are suspected of criminal activity, and who are thought to own a total of nearly 30,000 illegal arms
The Bangkok Military Court on Wednesday dismissed the case against 19 leading red-shirt members charged defying the ban on political gatherings in organising the launch of a centre to monitor the 2016 charter referendum
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 215km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 - 205km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
74 bags of PDS rice recovered in Srinagar, one arrested: Police
Car thieve killed, another injured in police shootout in Herat: Interior Ministry
2 year agoSri Lanka President Maithrapala Sirisena welcomed to Malacañang by President Duterte.
2 year agoThe @USNavy guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) and @RoyalNavy Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll (F231) conducted operations together in the South China Sea
KCNA: "Outside forces who are displeased with the reconciliationof the Korean nation are getting more undisguised in the obstructive moves. Leaving an important matterto the tender mercy of foreign forces isan act of pulling the noose of subjugation around the neck."
KCNA: "Adhering to the principle of By Our Nation Itself makes it possible to resolve, most rapidly and smoothly, all the issues arising inthe north-south relations and the accomplishment of the cause of national reunification in accordance with the will of the nation."
North Korean hackers infiltrate Chile's ATM network after Skype job interview
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 68km SE of Saparua, Indonesia
KCNA: "Young people in the DPRK are playing a pivotal roleto carry out the militant tasks advanced in the historic New Year Address of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. Those in the field of electric power industry have over-fulfilled their production plan every day."
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 267km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia
United States soon "will face a China insistent on having a greater voice in global interactions, which at times may be antithetical to US interests" per @DefenseIntel's LtGen Ashley
"China is building a robust, lethal force with capabilities spanning the air, maritime, space and information domains which will enable China to impose its will in the region" per @DefenseIntel's LtGen Ashley
Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 - 99km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
US, Australia begin anti-submarine exercise in Guam.
9 Kashmir youth accused of working for IS affiliate handed over to NIA
22 people killed and 120 people injured in Green Village attack. Two Indians among the dead. Two Germans and two Greeks wounded.
Uzbek security service detained four police officers from regional directorate of internal affairs in Andijan province for allegedly engaging in racketeering of local businesses, including torture of entrepreneurs.
2 year agoRussia continues to prop up weakest links in Central Asian regional security. This time it's the transfer of 123 units of automotive equipment (mainly all-terrain trucks for transporting cargo and military personnel) to Kyrgyzstan.
BSF officer killed by Pakistani sniper firing in Kathua, Kashmir
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 150km ENE of Hachijo-jima, Japan
2 year agoTajikistan's security services reportedly claimed that the former head of the Tajik riot police and Islamic State commander Gulmurod Khalimov was preparing an invasion from northern Afghanistan
China warns citizens they risk 'arbitrary detention' in Canada
2 year agoNastya Rybka to walk free after months in prison in Thailand - she and other Russians at sex classes got suspended sentences.
Canada's foreign ministry issued a travel warning to its citizens in China over "the risk of arbitrary enforcement of local laws"
Australia PM set for Pacific trip as China influence expands
India condemns Taliban attack in Kabul. India's Ministry of External Affairs says in a statement that an Indian national is among those who lost their lives in the attack.
KCNA: "The whole course of the Korean revolution is a history of heroic strugglein the face of the worst-ever difficultyThe moves of the hostile forces to suffocate the DPRK went only to help the Korean people work with redoubled efforts in the spirit of self-reliance."
2 year agoActivists and families of Missing Persons Of Sindh protested outside Karachi Press Club against d police raid in the house of @Sasui92 on an attempt to abduct her brother Singhar Lohar. Protesters r demanding the release of all missing persons and an end to this impunity.
Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend Vibrant Gujarat international investment summit as a key
