Japan and South Korea signed a controversial agreement on Wednesday to share defense intelligence on North Korea, despite protests from opposition parties and activists in Seoul. South Korea’s defense ministry said the accord was “necessary” in the face of “growing” military threats from Pyongyang, which has conducted two nuclear tests ...
A bomb which targeted a paramilitary truck on a crowded city street killed three security personnel Tuesday in Pakistan’s troubled northwest, where levels of militant violence had recently dropped. Police said another five paramilitaries were wounded in the attack, which happened when a Frontier Corps truck was travelling through a ...