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At Least 12 Killed in Blasts at Pakistan Counterterrorism Office
Sharifullah Khan, a police official in Kabal, told Al Jazeera that at least 12 people died in the blasts on Monday at the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD)…
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US nuclear blackmail reaching new levels with bomber deployment: North Korea
Ri Pyong Chol, vice president of the North Korean ruling party's Central Military Commission, was cited by North Korea's official KCNA news agency as making the…
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North Korea confirms firing two ballistic missiles, says will ‘annihilate enemy’ if needed
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) confirmed the twin launches on Wednesday, saying a missile unit fired two surface-to-surface tactical ballistic missiles from South…
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Russia calls on US to halt ‘hostile’ flights after incident
Anatoly Antonov made the remarks in a post on his Telegram channel on Wednesday, a day after Moscow said it had intercepted an American MQ-9 drone…
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North Korea says prepared to counter US military moves with ‘most overwhelming nuclear force’
In a statement on Thursday, the North Korean Foreign Ministry also warned that the expansion of the US combined military exercises with arch-foe South Korea was…
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North Korea fires ballistic missile into Sea of Japan: Report
South Korea's Yonhap News Agency cited the South's military as saying that the launch took place on Sunday involving a short-range ballistic missile. The projectile was…
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South Korea warns any N Korean nuclear use attempt would end Kim’s rule
"We gravely warn that should North Korea make an attempt at using nuclear arms, it would lead to the end of the Kim Jong-un regime," the…
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S. Korea scrambles jets, fires shots as North Korean drones cross border
South Korea on Monday said it tracked "several" drones crossing in from North Korean territory over what is known as the Military Demarcation Line between the…
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‘Once-in-a-generation’: Thousands of flights canceled, highways closed amid storm
With temperatures reaching as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit and windchill taking the temperature to -60 Fahrenheit, the storm is said to be a “once-in-a-generation” phenomenon,…
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North Korea fires two ballistic missiles amid US-fueled tensions on Korean peninsula
South Korea’s military said the missiles were fired from the Sunan area of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang Friday, with Japan’s coast guard also reporting…
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North Korea says sanctions not able to stop its missile development program, slams Japan’s security strategy
Addressing the South on Tuesday, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, vowed that additional sanctions would not stop her country’s…
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North Korea fires two ballistic missiles amid high tensions
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the medium-range missiles, launched “at steep angles” on Sunday morning, flew about 500 km and landed in the…