Is US going to strike Iran within hours as Tehran strikes ships at Hormuz and attacks the Fujairah oil terminal? What we knowTensions in the Gulf are escalating rapidly, with a UAE official warning of a potential US or Israeli strike on Iran within 24 hours. Recen...
05 May, 2026, 12.20 AM IST
Chinese jets intercept Canadian aircraft tracking North Korean ships over East China SeaChinese fighter jets intercepted a Canadian CP-140 Aurora aircraft over the East China Sea during Operation NEON, monitoring North Korean s...
07 Oct, 2025, 08.27 AM IST
Four North Korean officials arrested over failed warship launch in front of Kim Jong Un, face imminent executionA North Korean warship launch ended in disaster, leading to the arrest of four officials and potentially severe consequences, including exe...
30 May, 2025, 01.46 AM IST
North Korea detains 4 officials over failed launch of naval destroyerNorth Korea detained four officials after the failed launch of its second naval destroyer, an incident leader Kim Jong Un blamed on crimina...
26 May, 2025, 10.25 AM IST
Officials could face death penalty as North Korea's warship launch fails; Kim Jong-un, who was in attendance, terms it as criminal and warns of severe consequencesA new North Korean warship fell over and got damaged during launch. Kim Jong-un saw it happen and got very angry. He blamed officials and w...
22 May, 2025, 09.37 PM IST
Kim Jong Un oversees warship weapons test-fire, eyes nukes for N. Korea navyNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the rapid nuclear armament of naval vessels, following the first test-firing of a new warship w...
30 Apr, 2025, 10.01 AM IST
North Korea test-fires missiles from its newly launched destroyerKim Jong Un oversaw the first missile tests from North Korea's new destroyer, emphasizing the need to bolster the navy's nuclear capabiliti...
30 Apr, 2025, 07.35 AM IST
China supported sanctions on North Korea's nuclear programme. It's also behind their failure"It's overwhelming," Aaron Arnold, a former member of a UN panel on North Korea and a sanctions expert at the Royal United Services Institu...
03 Nov, 2023, 11.43 AM IST
Seoul places new sanctions on North Korea over arms buildupThe South Korean sanctions were announced shortly after the U.S. Treasury Department said it sanctioned three members of North Korea's ruli...
02 Dec, 2022, 03.52 PM IST
2 Koreas exchange warning shots along disputed sea boundarySouth Korea's navy broadcast warnings and fired warning shots to repel a North Korean merchant ship that violated the sea boundary at 3.42 ...
24 Oct, 2022, 12.07 PM IST
China probes report of possible North Korea sanctions breach at seaJapan said late on Tuesday that its military had spotted a North Korean-flagged tanker lying alongside a small vessel of unknown origin wit...
22 Feb, 2018, 02.52 PM IST
- Seoul believes N Korea torpedoed navy ship: Report
South Korea's military believes that a North Korean submarine launched a torpedo attack that sank a South Korean warship last month near th...
22 Apr, 2010, 08.10 PM IST
- South Korean naval ship sinks near NKorea; 46 missing
Hopes faded on Saturday for the rescue of 46 sailors missing 12 hours after an explosion occurred on a South Korean military ship that sank...
27 Mar, 2010, 12.05 PM IST
- Another N Korean ship detained
Pak-bound ship was detained for dropping anchor off Kerala coast.
05 Oct, 2009, 04.15 AM IST
- Suspicious North Korean ship detained off Andamans
The Coast Guard on Thursday detained a ``suspicious'' North Korean ship, which had dropped anchor off Hut Bay in the Andaman and Nicobar Is...
08 Aug, 2009, 07.37 AM IST
- Is Myanmar going nuclear?
No one expects military-run Myanmar, also known as Burma, to obtain an atomic bomb anytime soon, but experts have the Southeast Asian natio...
21 Jul, 2009, 04.20 PM IST
- North Korea preparing for mass test-launch of missiles
North Korea is preparing up to 10 more short-range missiles for a mass test-launch, South Korean news reports said on Thursday.
09 Oct, 2008, 08.18 PM IST