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N.Korea threatens to reconsider accords with US: report
Aug 18th, 2012
North Korea has threatened to reconsider several agreements with the United States that call for Pyongyang's concessions on its nuclear program in exchange for US humanitarian and energy aid, Foreign Policy magazine reported. (Source: AFP) -
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called "rocket launching tests" intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean officials were investigating exactly what it was that Pyongyang was testing. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace talks fail. Activists said it was the fiercest fighting in Syria's two... [Full Article]
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have barred two prominent politicians from running for president, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, leaving the June 14 election to be contested between mostly hardline conservatives loyal to the country's supreme leader. Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a close aide ... [Full Article]