The defense chiefs of Japan, South Korea and the United States agreed on Saturday to jointly counter missile threats from North Korea, stressing the importance of sharing information within the three-party framework.
United States Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan on a surprise visit Sunday, following the release of soldier Bowe Bergdahl, held hostage by the Taliban for five years, a US defense official said.
Tehran, YJC. Iran's Supreme Leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Western powers' efforts to exhaust Iran on its nuclear program will not succeed.
Iran's top air defense commander Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli announced that a U-2 stealth aircraft was alarmed last week to stay away from the country's borders after Iranian missile shields locked on the US spy plane.
MOSCOW, December 8. /TASS/. The goal of Washington's sanctions is to create conditions for changing the regime in Russia, Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Russia's lower house of parliament on Monday.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran needs to be immunized against sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program.
Cuba's former president Fidel Castro compared NATO's recent statements to that of Nazi SS and accused US and its allies of igniting conflicts abroad. Castro slammed John McCain for backing Israel and accused both of being involved in the creation of ISIS.
TEHRAN - Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has deplored U.S. president's "inability" to take a wise decision regarding Iran's "flexibility" in nuclear talks.