Month: March 2023

North Korea has fired two more short-ballistic missiles toward waters off its eastern coast, continuing its weapons displays as its neighbour South Korea begins joint military drills with the US. The short-range ballistic missiles were reportedly launched off North Korea’s eastern coast and landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, according to the Japanese government, which is protesting against the incident.   The activity comes as the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and its accompanying ship group arrives in South Korean waters to carry out joint military exercises. The drills are…

Six people, three of them children, have been killed in a primary school shooting in Nashville. The student victims have been identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all aged 8 or 9. The adult victims have been identified as Cynthia Peak, 61, Katherine Koonce, 60, and Mike Hill, 61. The shooter was identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who was killed by police, officers said. Police believe that Hale was a former student at the school. The Covenant School in Nashville is a private Christian school for students…

Russia plans to have infrastructure available to base submarines that will carry Poseidon nuclear-capable “super torpedoes” in the Pacific Ocean. The torpedoes are being developed for deployment on the Belgorod and Khabarovsk nuclear submarines. Russia Pacific Fleet’s ballistic nuclear missile submarine base is located on the south eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the Russian Far East. The new special-purpose submarines will participate in solving the tasks “of strategic deterrence.” Putin said that Moscow is not creating a military alliance with Beijing, but both he and Chinese leader Xi…

     ·    Protesters gathered on streets in Israel’s capital Tel Aviv after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Yoav Gallant is the first member of the cabinet to call for a pause to controversial plans to overhaul the country’s court system. The White House in a statement expressed concern over the issue and has said that there is an “urgent need for compromise”. Israel’s Consulate General in New York, resigned after the incident and in his resignation letter he termed it a “dangerous decision.”…

A national strike is taking place in France after President Emmanuel Macron’s circumvention of parliament to pass the divisive pension bill. A total of 457 people were arrested and 441 security forces injured on Thursday during nationwide protests against the said pensions reform, the Interior Minister said. Minister also said that there had been 903 fires lit in the streets of Paris during by far the most violent day of protests since they began in January. The mayor of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic, condemned it saying “I have difficulty in understanding…