The United States announced on Sunday new sanctions relating to Iran's ballistic missile program, a day after the Obama administration lifted sanctions on Iran's nuclear program.
Russia's aviation agency Rosaviatsia said Thursday that it has found some new facts on the crash of flight MH17 in 2014, refuting the Dutch Safety Board (DSB)'s investigation report published last October on the incident.
Russia has rejected demands from Western governments to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in July last year.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday urged Russia to cooperate in the criminal investigation into the MH17 crash.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile from eastern Ukraine, the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) said in an investigation report published Tuesday.
Russia considered possible missile deployment of the U.S. in Europe and other regions as counterproductive, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
Russian air defense systems manufacturer Almaz-Antey Tuesday denied its involvement in the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine last July, saying Western sanctions against the company are unjustified.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has entered the phase of miniaturization and diversification of nuclear weapons for quite some time, said an official statement released Wednesday.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday described the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK)'s test-firing of a ballistic missile from a submarine as a " serious challenge" to its security and regional stability, the presidential office said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Thursday arrived in South Korea, the second leg of his first Asian tour since he took office in February. After finishing the three-day tour to Japan, one of the two major U.S. allies in Asia along with South Korea, he flied over to Seoul.
Ruling party lawmakers in South Korea has put forward views that it would be necessary to adopt the U.S.-developed missile defense system to enhance defense capabilities against what they called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear and missile threats.
The U.S. rearmament program of cruise missiles poses a main threat to Russia's security as it would have the capability of launching a barrage of up to 7,000 missiles at the first-strike stage against Russia in 2015-2016, a senior Russian air defense designer said Monday.
South Korea's defense chief said Tuesday that if the United States deploys its advanced missile- defense system on the Korean Peninsula, it would help his country' s security and defense.
The U.S. Navy's guided missile destroyer USS Halsey arrived in Subic Bay in the northern Philippine province of Zambales on Monday for a port call.
The joint testing by U.S. and Israel on an improved interceptor missile system designed to counter future missile threats went as planned, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) spokesman Steven Warren said on Tuesday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday fired one short-range projectile, presumed to be a ballistic missile, into the east waters, Yonhap News Agency reported.
South Korea's Defense Ministry on Thursday denied the reported deployment of a U.S. missile defense system, saying that it will pursue an indigenous missile shield separately from the U.S. one.
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