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South Koreans Suspect That North Plans Nuclear Test

South Korean news outlets quoted anonymous government sources as saying that satellite images of a growing pile of earth at a nuclear site might signal plans for a test.

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North Korean rocket launch set to strain regional ties

North Korea could carry out a controversial rocket launch this week, straining further the ties between the nuclear-armed state and other countries in the region.read more

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China, between a rocket and a hard place on North Korea

A joke circulating among officials in Beijing pretty much underlines the bind China is in over North Korea's plans to send a satellite into space. North Korea's young ruler Kim Jong-un phones a Chinese...

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India to test nuclear missile capable of reaching Beijing

India announced plans Wednesday to test launch a new long-range missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead as far as the Chinese capital Beijing for the first time. Officials and defense experts...

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China assisting North Korean missile program: Panetta

China has provided some assistance to North Korea's missile program, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday, a week after the hermit state's failed rocket launch triggered international...

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Iran says it test-fires missiles in war of nerves

Iran said on Tuesday it had successfully tested medium-range missiles capable of hitting Israel as a response to threats of attack, the latest move in a war of nerves with the West.read more

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Iran test fires short-range missile: defense minister

Iran has test fired a fourth-generation Fateh 110 missile with a range of 300 kilometers, the state Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Saturday citing Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi, who said the...

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North Korea's Kim dashes early hope but U.S. still seeks change: Clinton

North Korea's missile tests and menacing rhetoric have disappointed U.S. expectations that young leader Kim Jong-un would be different than his father but Washington still hopes to persuade Pyongyang...

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'Heavy price': State-run China paper warns N. Korea

It remains unclear just when, if ever, North Korea will attempt their controversial third nuclear test, but there are growing signs that the reclusive nation's biggest political ally is growing weary...

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North Korea apparently conducts third atomic test

North Korea apparently conducted a widely anticipated nuclear test Tuesday, strongly indicated by an "explosion-like" earthquake that monitoring agencies around the globe said appeared to be...

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