Kim Yo Jong had warned of a ‘crisis of confrontation’ if South Korea did not halt propaganda broadcasts. North Korea has floated hundreds more refuse-carrying balloons into South Korea after Kim Jong Un’s influential sister warned Seoul to halt propaganda broadcasts across their tense border. Pyongyang sent more than 300 waste-loaded balloons across the inter-Korean … Read more
Cologne police chief says sniffer dogs will search building following indications of attack planned for New Year’s Eve. German police have searched a cathedral in the western city of Cologne amid warnings of a possible attack planned for New Year’s Eve. Cologne police chief Michael Esser said on Saturday that Cologne Cathedral would be closed … Read more
Israeli cabinet minister’s statement that an atomic bomb is an option for Gaza raises global alarm. Israel’s nuclear programme is widely seen as one of the Middle East’s worst kept secrets. It is believed to have originated in the 1950s. Today, Israel possesses about 90 nuclear bombs, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. … Read more