Category: WORLD

North Korea claims to have miniaturized nuclear warheads to fit on ballistic missiles, state-run Korea Central News Agency reported. The report comes after the country reported a successful test of what it said was a hydrogen bomb in February and as tensions on the peninsula remain high as joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises take place. State media reported Wednesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with nuclear scientists and technicians who briefed him on “research conducted to tip various type tactical and strategic ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.”…

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Fresh from a series of lopsided Super Tuesday victories, Donald Trump already has his sights set on a general election clash with the Democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton. It’s a once-unthinkable match-up that could result in an electoral calamity of colossal proportions. Like many of my friends and colleagues, I thought Donald Trump was a total joke when the billionaire real estate mogul announced, with swashbuckling bravado, that he was seeking the Republican Party’s nomination for president last June. I chuckled. I guffawed. I scoffed at the patently absurd notion that…

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The UN Security Council has pushed back to Wednesday a vote on imposing a new raft of sanctions on North Korea, following a request from Russia, diplomats said. The council had been set to vote later Tuesday, but the US mission to the United Nations said “Russia invoked a procedural 24-hour review of the resolution, so the vote will be on Wednesday.” Russia’s UN mission declined to provide reasons for the delay, but spokesman Alexei Zaytsev said “we confirm that the vote will take place tomorrow” at 10:00 am (1500…

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A planned home for asylum seekers has burned down in Saxony, eastern Germany, as bystanders cheered, police said. Police said no one was injured, but a group of people gathered outside, some “commenting with derogatory remarks or unashamed joy” about the fire. Three people were ordered to leave the scene after hampering firefighters’ work, while two others were detained. Investigators found traces of a fire accelerant at the scene and believe the fire was caused by arson. The building in Bautzen, known as the Husarenhof, was originally a hotel and was being modified to…

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By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Who is responsible for child health in government? The answer is everyone. The buck shouldn’t stop with health ministers; protection of child health needs to be a concern for all government, and all governments. After all, children are not only the most vulnerable members of society, they are also a nation’s future. And, if this alone weren’t enough to make childhood disease prevention a national priority, compelling new evidence suggests it also makes sound economic sense, too. With more than 30 vaccine doses administered worldwide every second,…

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President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe who clocked 92 on Sunday has said he will die in power. Mugabe, who stated this on Thursday in Harare, the Zinbabwean capital, said he will contest the 2018 election and the he would remain in power till “God says come”. The oldest serving southern African leader insisted that he would still seek his last five-year term under a new constitution that would see him through to 99 years old. He was saying this in reaction to the UN Chief, Ban Ki-moon’s statement calling on…

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North Korea is currently planning a “terrorist attack” on South Korea according to the South’s spy agency. A lawmaker, briefed by the National Intelligence Service (NIS), says leader Kim Jong Un himself gave the order to make preparations. “North Korea’s terrorist attack could be in the form of causing harms to anti-North Korean activists, North Korean defectors or government officials,” said Saenuri Party member, Lee Chul-woo, when CNN contacted his office Thursday. Members of the ruling Saenuri Party held a closed-door meeting with the NIS, defense ministry and other ministries. The…

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At least five people have been killed and 10 injured by a car bombing close to military buildings in the Turkish capital, the city governor has said. Television footage showed a plume of black smoke billowing into the sky and an intense fire on the ground. Mehmet Kilicer said officials believe the explosion was caused by a car bomb. Private NTV said the explosion occurred during rush hour in an area close to where military headquarters are located as a bus carrying military personnel was passing by. Several cars caught…

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