Washington, DC [US], May 7 (ANI): The White House has said that it is "aware" of the case of a US soldier detained in Russia on suspicion of theft. In a White House press briefing on Monday (local time), National Security Spokesperson John Kirby made the remarks while responding to a media query on whether the US administration is aware of the report. "Certainly, it's a better question put to our DoD (department of defenc ..read more

Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI): China is among the world's 10 most dangerous countries for media professionals in the 2024 rankings, Voice of America (VOA) reported. Global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that press freedom in Asia continues to see a decline, with 26 out of 31 countries falling on its annual index. According to the group's latest press freedom index, Asia is the second-most difficult reg ..read more

Bangkok - Global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, says press freedom in Asia continues to see a decline, with 26 out of 31 countries falling on its annual index. According to the group's latest press freedom index, Asia is the second-most difficult region for practicing journalism. Five countries in the region - Myanmar, China, North Korea and Vietnam - are among the world's 10 most dangerous cou ..read more

Seoul, South Korea - South Korean calls to acquire nuclear weapons, which were subdued for the past year following steps to strengthen the U.S.-South Korea alliance, are once again bubbling to the surface ahead of the possible return of former U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump, who appears locked in a tight race with President Joe Biden as November's election approaches, sparked concern this week after making co ..read more

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Seoul, South Korea - South Korea raised its terror alert level for five diplomatic missions Thursday, South Korean media reported, warning North Korea could attempt to attack South Korean diplomats overseas. The reports said South Korea's National Counter Terrorism Center raised the country's terror watch level to "alert" status, the second-highest level in the four-tier system, indicating a "high possibility of ..read more

US defense chief Lloyd Austin has claimed that Pyongyang is made ?more confident? by its relationship with Moscow US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has raised the alarm over North Korea's increasing strategic cooperation with Russia, saying the burgeoning alliance has boosted leader Kim Jong-un's confidence. Austin made his comments in testimony to the US House Armed Services Committee o ..read more

Political affairs in the USA are becoming so imperilling that it's now a challenge to satirise the country's dire situation, as John Schumann explains. MICHAEL ATKINSON and I wrote most of ..read more

Washington - The United States and the European Union say they are keeping their eyes on Pyongyang and Tehran for any possible military cooperation between the two as Iran confirms a North Korean delegation's visit to the country. The U.S. 'will use all available tools, including interdiction and sanctions, to address such activities,' a State Department spokesperson said in an email to VOA's Korean Service on Fr ..read more

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