Tag: nuclear weapon
Russia ‘very unlikely’ to use nuclear weapons, US intel chief
WASHINGTON: Russia is very unlikely to use its nuclear weapons, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday, despite past saber-rattling from the Kremlin and…
US to send nuclear ballistic submarines to Korean Peninsula
WASHINGTON: Presidents Joe Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday will sign an agreement that includes plans to have US nuclear-armed submarines dock in South…
US, Filipino forces show power in drills amid China tensions
SAN ANTONIO: American and Filipino forces pummeled a ship with a barrage of high-precision rockets, airstrikes and artillery fire in their largest war drills on…
Judge to decide whether leak suspect should remain jailed
BOSTON: A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman charged with leaking highly classified military documents is due back in court on Wednesday for a hearing to decide…
G-7 to back Ukraine indefinitely, seeks stability with China
The Group of Seven nations vowed to support Ukraine for “as long as it takes” in its fight against Russian forces, while also calling for…
G7 pledges ‘severe costs’ for countries helping Russia in Ukraine
KARUIZAWA: G7 foreign ministers warned Tuesday that countries helping Russia wage war in Ukraine would “face severe costs,” in a statement issued after two days…
North Korea: US, South Korea, and Japan express concern over North Korea’s ‘malicious’ cyber activities: joint statement
SEOUL: The United States, South Korea and Japan expressed deep concern over North Korea‘s “malicious” cyber activities to support its weapons programmes, in comments released…
Ukrainian forces cling onto besieged city, China pressed to help end war
NEAR BAKHMUT: Seven civilians were reported killed by Ukrainian artillery strikes in Russian-controlled areas as the battle for Bakhmut, the devastated eastern city that has…
North Korea: North Korea says US-South Korea drills push tension to ‘brink of nuclear war’
SEOUL: North Korea on Thursday accused the US and South Korea of escalating tensions to the brink of nuclear war through their joint military drills,…
Joe Biden calls Putin’s nuclear deployment talk ‘dangerous’
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s stated plan to deploy nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, branding it “dangerous” talk.“This…