U.S., South Korea sign nuclear deterrence guidelines against rising North Korea threat
U.S. President Joe Biden (L) and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) met Thursday at a NATO summit in Washington and discussed a new…
New Dynamics of Regional Security: The Potential of the US–Japan–South Korea Defense Pact
The Asia-Pacific region has long been a hub of complex geopolitical dynamics, driven by global power competition, overlapping territorial claims, and maritime security challenges. Countries…
Partnership to Alliance: Convergence in shared isolation between North Korea and Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s second visit to Pyongyang, after 24 years, comes with serious attention amidst the growing concerns over the Russia-Ukraine war and North…
Trump wants judge to overturn felony conviction after immunity ruling
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers are imploring a New York judge to overturn his hush money felony conviction and dismiss the case, arguing his historic…
NATO calls China ‘a decisive enabler of Russia’s war in Ukraine’
US President Joe Biden and other NATO leaders and partners participate in a group photo on the 75th Anniversary of NATO at the Andrew W.…
The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan After the Americans Left -Book Review
Hassan Abbas’s book, “The Return of Taliban: Afghanistan: After the Americans Left”, delivers an in-depth analysis of events leading to Taliban’s takeover following the U.S.…
North Korean leader’s sister calls South’s live-fire drills ‘suicidal hysteria’
Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said Monday that South Korean live-fire drills near border areas were "suicidal…
Lakers struggle on offense, drop second California Classic game
SAN FRANCISCO — The Lakers’ start to the first weekend of summer league play has been unkind and plagued with inconsistency as they dropped back-to-back games…
Bronny James starts in his summer debut with the Lakers
SAN FRANCISCO — In his highly anticipated NBA summer league debut, Lakers second-round draft pick Bronny James took his first step toward shedding the nepotism draft…
Paul George leaves Clippers to join 76ers; James Harden returns
The Clippers and Paul George were unable to agree on contract terms, so the two will part ways after five years. George’s agent, Aaron Mintz…
U.S. announces ‘significant’ $2.2B package of air defense systems for Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Biden (R) shakes hands with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) as they hold a bilateral meeting at the Intercontinental Hotel in Paris…
U.S. to send dozens of advanced fighter jets to Japan amid growing Asia tensions
A KC-135 tanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, and F-16 fighter aircraft from the 35th Fighter Squadron, Misawa Air Base,…
Sen. Bob Menendez won’t testify in corruption case as defense rests
Lawyers for Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., rested their case in his New York corruption trial Wednesday without the senator taking the stand in his own…
Democrats defending Biden echo Republicans’ cult of Trump
The fallout from President Biden’s miserable debate last week is giving me deja vu. In the political right’s intramural arguments over Donald Trump, I got…
Seoul disputes North Korea’s claim of successful ‘super-large warhead’ missile test
Seoul's military disputed North Korea's claim of a successful "super-large warhead" missile test on Tuesday, saying the missile appeared to fail and land in an…
North Korean missile may have failed and exploded over land, Seoul says
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Monday morning, but one may have failed and exploded over land, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff…
Israel hits Hezbollah targets in preparation for escalated conflict
Hezbollah has carried out near daily airstrikes against northern Israeli settlements near the border with Lebanon since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. File Photo by…
U.S. proposes revised Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal
The nearly nine months of fighting in the Gaza strip has lead to 37,834 Palestinian deaths and left 86,858 people injured, according to Gaza's Health…
South Korea rejects North Korean multiple-warhead missile test claim as ‘deception’
1 of 2 | A still from a video released by South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff Friday appears to show a North Korean missile…
North Korea claims first successful test of multiple-warhead missile
North Korea successfully tested its multiple-warhead missile capability, state media said Thursday. One day earlier, South Korea's military said that the North had conducted a…