Tag: Island
Majority want Taiwan, China to cooperate on island row
A majority of people in Taiwan and China hope the two sides can work together to resolve a long-running territorial row with Japan on...
Defiant Russia PM again visits islands claimed by Japan
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday made a repeat trip to one of the four Pacific Kuril islands claimed by Japan, in a...
Karachi and Rhode Island… an educational affair is born
The University of Karachi (KU), on behalf of its International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU)...
Multi-million pound boat which is a paradise island
This is the next super-yacht set to hit the world's oceans - which comes complete with its own functioning volcano and floating tropical islands....
Island nations spared as tsunami charges across Pacific
WELLINGTON - A tsunami triggered by the powerful earthquake in Japan ploughed across the South Pacific on Saturday, sending people fleeing to higher ground but causing only minor damage and no loss of life. Dozens of low-lying island nations were placed on high alert after a monster 10-metre tsunami smashed into Japan following devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake centred near the northeastern city of Sendai.
In the Marquesas islands sirens blared, warning residents to flee to
In the Marquesas islands sirens blared, warning residents to flee to
South Korea bolsters troops on bombed island, warns North
SEOUL: South Korea deployed rocket launchers and extra artillery on a frontline border island bombarded last week by North Korea, as Seoul's leader vowed Monday to make Pyongyang pay for any fresh provocations. An AFP photographer saw many more soldiers on the island and multiple rocket launchers being installed, six days after the barrage which triggered fury in the South and alarm worldwide.
Military officials quoted by Yonhap news agency said the number of K-9 self-propelled
Military officials quoted by Yonhap news agency said the number of K-9 self-propelled
North Korean artillery pounds southern island, kills 2
SEOUL: North Korea fired a deadly barrage of artillery shells onto a South Korean island on Tuesday, killing at least two soldiers in one of the most serious border incidents since the 1950-53 war, inciting global condemnation.
South Korea's military went on top alert, its troops fired back with cannon and the government met in an underground war room, officials said, in response to what Seoul called an atrocity against civilians.
North Korea's supreme command, however,
South Korea's military went on top alert, its troops fired back with cannon and the government met in an underground war room, officials said, in response to what Seoul called an atrocity against civilians.
North Korea's supreme command, however,
