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19.11.2022 17:30 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed his country would respond to nuclear threats with nuclear weapons, state media reported Saturday, a day after Pyongyang test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile.

19.11.2022 17:30 South Korea, Japan and the United States held emergency talks Friday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed off the Japanese coast.

19.11.2022 17:30 UK Ambassador to the IAEA, Corinne Kitsell, gave a statement on behalf of Australia, the UK and the US on their co-operation on AUKUS nuclear naval propulsion.

19.11.2022 17:30 A Swedish prosecutor says traces of explosives have been found at the site of the damaged Nord Stream pipelines, confirming that sabotage had taken place.

19.11.2022 17:30 The leaders of China and Japan agreed to resume high-level dialogue and increase exchanges on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bangkok this week, but experts are questioning how much progress the two made in easing the longstanding friction between their countries.

19.11.2022 17:30 People in China frequently challenge those in power, despite a nationwide 'stability maintenance' program aimed at nipping popular protest in the bid, according to the U.S.-based think tank Freedom House.

19.11.2022 17:30 China's zero-COVID policy prompted hundreds of Chinese citizens to march in the streets in Guangzhou this week after hearing that ongoing lockdowns had been extended.

19.11.2022 17:30 The Australian government has clarified that its stance on Taiwan's bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership remains unchanged, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday.

19.11.2022 17:30 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has released today an updated return advisory for the Democratic Republic of the Congo , reiterating its call for a ban on forced returns, including of asylum-seekers who have had their claims rejected, to the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri.

19.11.2022 17:30 Minister of National Defence, Anita Anand, announced today that Canada is proposing the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, to host the North American Regional Office of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic .

19.11.2022 17:30 On the morning of Nov. 17, two Russian fighter aircraft made an unsafe and unprofessional approach toward Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 , which was conducting routine operations in the Baltic Sea.

19.11.2022 17:30 Sweden is committed to NATO's globe-spanning 360-degree approach to confronting both today's and tomorrow's challenges, and that includes both Russia and China, the top Swedish military official told an audience in Washington this week.

19.11.2022 17:30 Pakistan said Friday it would not formally recognize Afghanistan's Taliban government without global consensus and warned the world's patience with the Islamist group is diminishing.

19.11.2022 17:30 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed during their first-ever meeting that South China Sea disputes should not narrowly define the bilateral relationship, officials said Friday.

19.11.2022 17:30 On the evening of November 18 local time, President Xi Jinping met with Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana at the Grand Palace in Bangkok.