Five days after ISIL forces took the Iraqi city of Ramadi, which the U.S, military called nothing more than the ebb and flow of a “complex, bloody fight,” and said ISIL was on the defensive, ISIL forces have now wrested control of the major city of Palmyra from Syrian forces. This most recent victory by the ISIL […]
SEOUL—North Korea said Wednesday it has the capability to miniaturize a nuclear weapon shortly after announcing Pyongyang had canceled United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s planned visit there. Kim Jong Un’s recent provocative and withdrawn behavior is undermining any efforts toward reconciliation and further distancing Pyongyang from the international community. After planning a visit to the […]
SEOUL—North Korea recently executed its defense chief and three other high-ranking officials, according to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service. If confirmed, the executions would be the latest in a series of purges in Pyongyang that raise concerns about the stability of the Kim Jong Un regime. In a closed-door door parliamentary committee meeting Wednesday, South […]
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition continued airstrikes against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen Monday, a day before a humanitarian cease-fire is due to go into effect. The jets bombed the Saada region near the Saudi border, as well as Taiz in southwestern Yemen and the oil-producing Marib province in the east. Saudi and U.S. officials […]