West Asia War: Iran's Supreme Leader signals ‘new phase’ in Hormuz strategy, vows retaliation but says Iran not seeking warIran's Supreme Leader Mojataba Khamenei announced a new phase in managing the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran will seek retribution for attacks on...
10 Apr, 2026, 01.29 AM IST
Trump claims 'regime change' in Iran, vows no uranium enrichment, says many of 15 peace points already agreedFollowing a ceasefire, President Donald Trump declared Iran has experienced regime change. The United States will now collaborate with Iran...
08 Apr, 2026, 05.08 PM IST
North Korea says denuclearisation is unrealisable 'pipe dream' before China, South Korea summitNorth Korea dismissed the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula as an "unrealizable pipe dream," according to state media KCNA. This sta...
01 Nov, 2025, 06.52 AM IST
Kim Jong Un's sister says North Korea denuclearisation is a 'daydream'Kim Jong Un's powerful sister slammed US-led efforts to take away North Korea's nuclear weapons, saying the idea of denuclearising the coun...
09 Apr, 2025, 09.22 AM IST
S Korea's Yoon Suk-yeol faces early challenge amid hints of N Korea nuclear testYoon on Wednesday nominated Kim Kyou-hyun, a former veteran diplomat with expertise in North Korea and U.S. relations, to be director of th...
11 May, 2022, 01.07 PM IST
South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol says North Korea poses threats but door open for talksHe won a tight election in March as the standard bearer of the main conservative People Power Party, less than a year after entering politi...
10 May, 2022, 09.51 AM IST
North Korea tested tactical guided missiles in fresh sign of evolving arsenalThe unusually rapid sequence of launches has drawn U.S. condemnation and a push for new U.N. sanctions while Pyongyang warns of stronger ac...
18 Jan, 2022, 07.51 AM IST
US nuclear envoy visits South Korea amid N Korea missile tensionSpecial Representative Sung Kim's visit came days after North Korea fired a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), which prompted...
24 Oct, 2021, 07.16 AM IST
North Korea says will ignore US while 'hostile policy' in placeThe comments from Pyongyang's first vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui came with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pentagon chief Ll...
18 Mar, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
A letter to Pompeo may derail North Korea denuclearisation talks againThe letter mentioned that the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's government felt the process of denuclearisation could not move forward.
28 Aug, 2018, 04.58 PM IST
Donald Trump talks of peace, says world has seen more than enough conflictTrump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un issued a joint statement after their meeting in Singapore on June 12 that reaffirmed Pyongyang's ...
16 Jun, 2018, 02.42 PM IST
Kim promises complete denuclearisation in return for security guarantees from TrumpTrump said Kim "reaffirmed" his commitment to denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and also agreed to destroy a missile engine test sit...
12 Jun, 2018, 06.48 PM IST
North Korean, U.S. officials try narrowing differences on eve of Trump-Kim summitWith gaps remaining over what denuclearisation would entail, officials from both sides were trying to push the agenda forward ahead of Tues...
11 Jun, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
Mike Pence says US ready to talk with North Korea in policy shiftPence and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in agreed to pursue dialogue with North Korea during conversations at the Winter Olympics in Pye...
13 Feb, 2018, 08.22 AM IST
- North Korea agrees to start nuclear talks; US reciprocates with food aid
NK has agreed to suspend its nuclear weapons programme, prompting the US to reward the impoverished country.
18 Dec, 2011, 02.54 PM IST
- Japan urges verification on NKorean nuclear declaration
Japan called on foreign ministers from the six nations negotiating the denuclearisation of North Korea to recommit to the process and begin...
23 Jul, 2008, 01.34 PM IST
- N Korea asked to get "serious" on nuclear issue
The US envoy to the six-party talks on North Korea on Friday asked Pyongyang to get serious on the issue of "denuclearisation" as the last ...
22 Dec, 2006, 10.00 AM IST