China sides with North Korea, boycotts Seoul’s key ‘Defense Dialogue’
For the first time, China has decided to boycott the Seoul Defense Dialogue, which began on Sept. 8. The Seoul Defense Dialogue is the highest ranking annual defense forum (more…)
Report: Arms sales offers to Saudi Arabia by Obama administration top $115 billion
The Obama administration has since 2008 offered Saudi Arabia more than $115 billion in weapons, other military equipment and training, a report said. The amount is the most of (more…)
Top North Korean Kim killed a lesser Kim for sleeping during meeting
A senior North Korean official was executed by a firing squad for falling asleep during a board meeting with the top leader of the tyrannical state, the South Korean (more…)
China said likely to have provided North Korea with submarine missile
A submarine-launched missile that was successfully test-fired by North Korea last week likely was provided to the Kim Jong-Un regime by China, a U.S. analyst said. Bruce Bechtol, a (more…)
North Korea executes top officials in apparent bid to quell revolt by elites
Kim Jong-Un is attempting to steady the ship in Pyongyang by purging high-level officials amid what is said to be a growing rebellion among North Korean elites. The two (more…)
Iran deploys its Russian S-300 missiles to shield Fordow nuclear site
Iran has deployed its newly acquired Russian S-300 missile system to protect the Fordow nuclear site, state television reported on Aug. 28. “Today, Iran’s sky is one of the (more…)
Spokesman and architect of ISIL’s global terror attacks said killed by U.S. airstrike
The jihadist known as the face of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) was killed after the U.S. said it targeted him in an airstrike in the Syrian (more…)
Turkish forces bomb and shell Kurds in Syria
Turkish tanks and warplanes targeted Kurdish forces in Syria on Aug 28, a monitoring group said. “At least 20 civilians were killed and 50 others wounded by Turkish artillery (more…)
Turkey informs all parties: Kurds must not reach Mediterranean, split Syria
While pursuing its goal of driving Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of Syria, Turkey is also determined to keep Kurdish forces from establishing an area of (more…)