The former chairman of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff was appointed defence minister Friday, the government said, a day after his predecessor resigned amid criticism for a weak response to an artillery attack this week by North Korea.Kim Kwan Jin, 61, was nominated…

Saying that the “resolve and resilience” of the people is more powerful than terrorist guns and bombs, the United States Thursday assured that it stands in solidarity with India as it remembers the victims of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.“Now, as then, the American…

North Korea Thursday threatened new attacks against the South and rejected a proposal by the UN Command to hold talks, media reports said.The threats followed a North Korean artillery bombardment of a South Korean island near the two countries’ maritime border Tuesday that left…

The United States has designated three top leaders of the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), blamed for the Mumbai terrorist attacks, as global terrorists and slapped sanctions on one of its affiliates. The move came on the eve of the second anniversary of the 26/11…

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen Tuesday called for a stronger relationship between the 28-member alliance and India, because the country’s role was “crucial” for stability in the Asian region.Rasmussen, in an interview with EuAsiaNews in Brussels Tuesday, explained as to why he thought…

North Korea blamed South Korea for starting an exchange of artillery Tuesday across their border in the Yellow Sea while threatening “merciless” strikes against its neighbour if it violates that border.If South Korea intrudes into its territorial waters “even 0.001 millimetres, the revolutionary armed…

The secret talks between the Afghanistan government and the Taliban to end the conflict in the country – that were “showing promise” – seem to have hit a dead end, with a revelation that the militant leader at the other end of the table was…

Britain’s Defence Secretary Liam Fox Monday reiterated that the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks “should be brought to justice” and that a stable Pakistan is in the interests of the international community.“The UK government has repeatedly emphasized that the perpetrators of the Mumbai…

China and India should regard each other’s rise as an opportunity and not a challenge and their relationship will be the most important in the 21st century, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has said.Citing comments of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Indian Prime Minister…

Pakistan has lodged an official protest with Saudi Arabia after receiving reports of ill-treatment of thousands of Haj pilgrims from the country and sought a hefty compensation in this regard.Hamid Saeed Kazmi, the federal minister for religious affairs, had to rush to Saudi Arabia…