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Flurry of diplomacy under way as North Korea reportedly marks military anniversary with large-scale artillery drill. A US submarine has arrived in South Korean waters, while envoys from the United States, Japan and South Korea met in Tokyo to discuss rising tensions with North Korea. Pyongyang reportedly...

The National staff ABU DHABI // A charity telethon on aiming to raise urgent aid for tens of thousands of Somali children facing starvation was launched on Friday. Television channels and radio stations across the country are supporting Emirates Red Crescent’s ‘For You, Somalia’ campaign broadcasting...

RIYADH: Two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and a bilateral agreement were signed on the sidelines of a Saudi-Djibouti businessmen forum in Djibouti earlier this week. The MoUs were signed to rehabilitate King Fahd Road in Djibouti, and a grant was offered to support the health...

South Korea has participated in a multilateral naval exercise involving US, Japanese and British forces to crack down on Somali pirates around the Gulf of Aden, the military here said Friday. South Korea sent the 4,400-ton destroyer Choe Yeong to the Thursday drills, which also...

By Elise Viebeck April 19 at 11:00 PM Here’s where things stand heading into Day 90 of the Trump administration: The Trump administration is not shy about taking on global adversaries with tough rhetoric. This week, it turned some of its attention toward Iran. Secretary of State Rex...

By Ju-min Park | SEOUL North Korean state media warned the United States of a "super-mighty preemptive strike" after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the United States was looking at ways to bring pressure to bear on North Korea over its nuclear program. U.S....

By Phil Stewart | WASHINGTON When U.S. President Donald Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an "armada" as a warning to North Korea, the aircraft carrier strike group he spoke of was still far from the Korean peninsula, and headed in the...

Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was listed among the top 10 most followed and effective world leaders on Instagram, with followers reaching 2.35 million. A report, published by PR firm...

There are approximately 4 million Indians who use Snapchat on a daily basis. But the CEO of Snapchat, Evan Spiegel, feels that India is just too poor a country to even consider expanding into. According to a report by Variety, ex-employee Anthony Pompliano was suggesting...

North Korea's military forces were massed in Pyongyang Saturday for a show of strength by leader Kim Jong-Un as tensions mount over his nuclear ambitions. Hundreds of flatbed trucks packed with soldiers lined the banks of the Taedong river ahead of a parade through the...