Army Gen. Ri Yong-gil, chief of the Korean People’s Army General Staff, also faced charges of pursuing personal gain, the South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported.
On Wednesday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his position that the PYD was no different to Turkey’s Kurdish rebels, which the US does consider to be a terror organization, or to IS.
On Sunday, the UAE, a federation of seven states and one the Middle East’s most important economic centres, said it stands ready to supply ground troops to support and train worldwide coalition soldiers in the war-ravaged country.
Koppad and nine other soldiers were swept away by an avalanche at the Siachen glacier on February 3, at an altitude of around 19,500 feet. The temperature at that elevation was 45 degrees Celsius.
(Adds quotes, detail) LONDON, Feb 10 ( Reuters ) – The Saudi-backed opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday called on the United States to act more forcefully to stop Russia’s bombing of their positions.
The spread of the Zika virus in Brazil needs to be monitored but is not a threat to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Germany’s chief Olympic doctor said on Wednesday.
At an emergency meeting Sunday of the U.N. Security Council which includes the US, all 15 council members approved a statement condemning the launch and pledging to “expeditiously” adopt a new resolution with “significant” new sanctions. At the same time,...
And when the worst natural disaster in your state’s history hits you, they expect you to rebuild their state, which is what I’ve done. He’s gone absolutely insane. “I’m the only guy”. Frankly, he’s a stiff.
Earlier in the day, the South Korean government announced a complete shutdown of the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North’s border city of the same name, the last remaining symbol of inter-Korean reconciliation, in response to the North’s recent nuclear test and...
The North Korean satellite put into orbit after a widely condemned rocket launch over the weekend is not functioning properly, USA reports said Monday.
President Obama, who for the first time visited a mosque in the US on Wednesday, urged people to call off bias against Muslims after US Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump in December during his campaign had called for barring Muslims from entering America, according...
The uncertainty over the formation of government in Jammu and Kashmir deepened on Fridat after it emerged that the People’s Democratic Party could potentially snap ties with the BJP if the latter did meet its conditions. While some have speculated that she might go ahead...