US President Barack Obama spoke to his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak, renewing Washington's "unshakeable support" for the country in the wake of a North Korean missile attack that killed two

Reuters: A US aircraft carrier is heading towards the Korean peninsula on Wednesday, a day after North Korea launched dozens of artillery shells on a South Korean island.

The nuclear-powered USS Geor

South Korea's troops were on high alert today as their government exchanged threats with rival North Korea following a frightening military skirmish that ratcheted tensions on the peninsula to new

Mumbai: A benchmark index of Indian equities market, which plummeted over 600 points in afternoon trade on Tuesday, managed to cut its losses and closed 298 points down.

The 30-share sensitive index

China expressed worry about reports that North Korea had shelled a South Korean island on Tuesday in the latest escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula that neighbors the world's second-biggest

North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island, killing two soldiers and setting dozens of houses ablaze, in one of the heaviest attacks on its neighbor since the Kor

Russia sees a 'colossal danger' of an escalation in fighting on the Korean peninsula after North Korea's artillery attacked a South Korean island on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

"It

Seoul: North Korea blamed South Korea for starting an exchange of artillery on Tuesday across their border in the Yellow Sea while threatening 'merciless' strikes against its neighbour if it violates

Seoul: Several North Korean artillery shells landed on a South Korean border island on Tuesday wounding four soldier, damaging homes and injuring two civilians, YTN television reported.

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Mumbai: A benchmark index of Indian equities market slipped further into the red on Tuesday, falling over 600 points in afternoon trade, as Asian markets were jittery on reports of North and South Kor