PARIS — Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new attention to its secretive nuclear activities.
The countries laid out their hopes at an international conference in Paris on civilian nuclear energy — which contributes far less to [...]
ISLAMABAD – An American member of al-Qaida was picked up in a raid in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi, Pakistani officials said Monday, but reversed earlier assertions that the detained man was the terror network’s U.S.-born spokesman.
They identified the suspect as Abu Yahya Majadin Adam, but gave no details on his background or role within [...]
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s army said Monday it is ready to “blow up” South Korea and the U.S., hours after the allies kicked off annual military drills that Pyongyang has slammed as a rehearsal for attack.
South Korea and the U.S. — which normally dismiss such threats as rhetoric — began 11 days [...]
ANKARA, Turkey — A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 57 people and knocking down houses in at least six small villages, an official said.
The temblor struck six villages in Elazig province, toppling stone or mud-brick homes and minarets of mosques. Bekir Yanilmaz, the mayor of [...]
With defense and acrimony building in the Persian Gulf, Iran announced plans to test a new laser-guided bomb.
Iran’s Fars News Agency reported that a prototype of the 2,000-pound smart bomb would be tested “in the near future,” the country’s air force commander Brig. Gen Hassan Shahsafi said.
He said the smart bomb, dubbed Qassed-2, had a [...]
The U.S. and the European Union are urging Syria to stop stonewalling attempts by the International Atomic Energy Agency to investigate its nuclear activities.
A U.S. statement to the IAEA’s 35-nation board on Thursday said Syrian nuclear sites that seem to be intended for non-peaceful purposes are matters of serious concern. The EU statement expressed [...]
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