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South Korea reports that North Korea has again fired two missiles towards the sea. It would be the sixth weapon test this month. North Korea apparently continued its missile tests despite sanctions. In Hamhung on the east coast of the country, two suspected short-range ballistic missiles were fired around 8 a.m. local time, the South Korean general staff said. The rockets were launched five minutes apart and flew about 190 kilometers at an altitude of 20 kilometers before crashing into the Sea of ​​Japan. It was the sixth such weapons test by North Korea this month.  Senior South Korean security and military officials convened for an emergency National Security Council meeting. The government in Pyongyang was asked to resume dialogue, the presidential office in Seoul announced. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called the repeated rocket launches extremely regrettable. So far, however, there have been no reports of damage to ships or aircraft off the Japanese coast. Boris Johns...

Garden parties, birthday parties and late-night drinks in lockdown put the British prime minister under pressure. He ruled out a resignation in parliament for the time being. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not want to resign from office in the affair of lockdown parties. "We - and I in particular - get on with the work," Johnson said at a session of the House of Commons in London. He knew that many wanted him gone. But he wants to continue the business of government as normal. "We made the tough decisions and we got the important points right," he said. The prime minister is under massive pressure over allegations of having held parties at his official residence during the corona lockdown in Great Britain. If the allegations are correct, he and his guests would have violated state corona contact restrictions. An internal report by top official Sue Gray on the incidents is due to be released soon. The police in London are also investigating the alleged loc...

The United Arab Emirates and U.S. officials say a missile strike by Houthi rebels on Monday struck the Al-Zafra military base in the state capital, Abu Dhabi, where about 2,000 U.S. troops are stationed. In addition to the UAE military operation, US-made Patriot missiles were also used to intercept. Capt. Bill Urban, a spokesman for the U.S. Central Command, said in a statement that U.S. forces fired several Patriot missiles in response to two missiles fired at al-Zafra military base, as well as UAE forces. No one was killed in the Houthi rebel attack on Monday, according to US and Emirati officials. The Houthi rebels fired missiles at the United Arab Emirates on Monday morning, after which the UAE Ministry of Defense first announced in a statement that it had destroyed the missiles and then claimed in a Twitter message. The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a rally in the Yemeni province of Al-Jawaf. According to the Ministry of Defense, an F-16 fighter jet took part in the...

If the Ukraine conflict escalates further, the United States wants to send soldiers to a NATO mission. New negotiations are planned for Wednesday in Paris. The United States has put about 8,500 soldiers on alert for a possible NATO deployment because of tensions in Russia. This was announced by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.   However, no final decisions on stationing have been made yet. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who declared the heightened alert, recommended that US President Joe Biden prepare for a possible deployment to Europe. The soldiers would only be sent if NATO activated a rapid reaction force. Or something else could happen in Russia on the border with Ukraine, Kirby said. The allies should be offered security by being on alert. However, no soldiers are to be stationed in Ukraine itself, Kirby said. Normandy format talks in Paris Meanwhile, representatives of Russia and Ukraine plan to meet for talks in Paris on Wednesday. Together with France and Germany, a m...

The United Arab Emirates says two ballistic missiles fired at its territory by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Monday morning have been destroyed and that no one was killed in the attack. The UAE is part of a Saudi-led military coalition fighting Houthi rebels, and this is the second time in a few days that Houthi rebels have tried to target the UAE. The latest missiles were aimed at the state of Abu Dhabi, where three people, were killed in a January 17 drone strike on the port. Following the attack, a spokesman for the Houthi rebels warned that more attacks on the UAE were possible in the future. US to leave Ukraine Meanwhile, the Saudi-led military coalition said that a Sudanese and another Bengali citizen were wounded in a missile attack by Houthi rebels in southern Saudi Arabia on Sunday.  A spokesman for the Houthi rebels has claimed responsibility for the latest attacks in both countries, but did not provide further details, according to Reuters. It should be noted that the Saudi-l...

Families of US diplomats to leave Ukraine. The US government justifies this with the risk of a Russian military operation. Advises against trips to Russia. The US State Department has ordered the families of US diplomats in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev to leave the country. The reason for this is the "continued threat of a Russian military operation," the ministry said. Local employees of the US embassy may therefore voluntarily leave the country. Other US citizens living in Ukraine should "now consider" leaving Ukraine by commercial flights or other means of transportation, it said. The US government also advises its citizens against traveling to Russia. It is "strongly recommended" to avoid travel to Russia, the US State Department said. The background is the "tensions on the border with Ukraine". The government in Washington also warned US citizens in Russia against harassment by the police, including through the "arbitrary application o...