North Korea’s state-run KCNA news service on Thursday denied this week’s Japanese television report of a deadly tunnel collapse at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, calling it a “false report” and “misinformation” intended to slander the North Korean government.
Fox News published an exclusive report on Monday quoting U.S. officials who said Iran’s latest ballistic missile launch was faked using seven-month-old video of a failed missile test.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday defended his country’s latest ballistic missile test in defiance of Western and Israeli criticism, saying the controversial program served the Islamic Republic’s defensive needs.
The world marked the passage of North Korea’s “Day of the Sun,” commemorating the 105th anniversary of national founder Kim Il-sung’s birth, without serious incident last weekend.
North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Han Song-ryol told the BBC on Monday that his country “will be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis,” despite diplomatic, economic, and military pressure from the outside world to abandon its quest for nuclear ICBMs.
On Tuesday, U.S. officials revealed that North Korea tested another advanced ballistic missile engine last Friday. It was the third such test in the past month.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard is to conduct military drills next week, a senior commander announced Saturday, despite warnings from the United States and fresh sanctions over a ballistic missile test.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for international unity against Iran after Tehran’s recent ballistic missile test.
