Vladivostok, Sep 4 (RIA Novosti) A crew of Indian submariners will take part in sea trials in mid-September of the Russian nuclear submarine which is to be leased to the Indian Navy ...

Vladivostok, Aug 28 (RIA Novosti) Some 8,000 live crabs, confiscated by Russian coast guards earlier in the week, have been released into the Sea of Japan, a spokeswoman for the Coast Guard ...

Khabarovsk (Russia), July 27 (RIA Novosti) The first stage of sea trials of Russia's Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, which was damaged in a fatal accident during previous tests, has been successfully completed, ...

This picture is not a digitally enhanced version but is the original one itself, which shows a diver trying to attach a sensor to a giant Nomura's jellyfish. This giant species of ...

Moscow, July 10 (RIA Novosti) A Russian nuclear submarine that is to be leased to India and which was damaged in an accident that killed 20 people resumed sea trials Friday after ...

Seoul, July 6 (DPA) North Korea has spent over $700 million on rocket and nuclear tests since April, a South Korean newspaper estimated Monday. The seven rocket tests Saturday alone cost an estimated ...

Washington, July 5 (DPA) The United States Saturday called North Korea's "possible" missile launches "not helpful" but stopped short of confirming them or calling them a violation of UN sanctions. "We're waiting until ...

Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired its seventh missile from its eastern coast Saturday, the South Korean defence ministry said, as Pyongyang raised tension in the Korean peninsula. The missiles, with a ...

Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired six missiles from its eastern coast Saturday, the South Korean defence ministry said. The missiles, with a range of 400 to 500 km, were fired over ...

Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired five more missiles off its east coast Saturday, according to South Korean media reports. The missiles, apparently Scud rockets, were fired over the Sea of Japan, ...

Seoul (South Korea), July 4 (ANI): South Korea's Defence Ministry said on Saturday that North Korea had test-fired three missiles, further stoking tensions in the international community, which continues to berate Pyongyang ...

Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired three more missiles off its east coast, a day after it fired four short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports early Saturday. The missiles were ...

Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired two more missiles off its east coast, a day after it fired four short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports early Saturday. The missiles were ...

Seoul, July 3 (DPA) South Korea Friday announced plans to spend billions on sophisticated technology to counter the perceived threat of a North Korean nuclear attack. The defence ministry, reacting to the latest ...

Seoul, June 2 (DPA) North Korea Thursday fired four short-range missiles over the Sea of Japan, according to South Korean reports. The fourth missile was launched at 9.20 p.m. (1220 GMT), the Yonhap ...

Seoul, July 2 (DPA) North Korea Thursday fired a third short-range missile from its east coast in the direction of the Sea of Japan, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported, citing ...

Moscow, June 22 (RIA Novosti) A Russian official Monday dismissed media reports that Russia planned to lease several nuclear submarines to India, saying the contract envisioned only the transfer of Nerpa nuclear ...

US deploying anti -missile defenses around Hawaii is not just a whim of theirs but as per Japanese news on Thursday, North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii ...

Sydney, June 10 (ANI): A new research has presented convincing evidence that the increasing number of jelly fish, which is a substantial threat to the world's oceans, is due to over-fishing and ...

Seoul, May 27 (DPA) North Korea Wednesday threatened military action against Seoul, one day after South Korea joined a US-led initiative to intercept ships carrying illicit weapons, further escalating tensions on the ...

Seoul/Tokyo, May 27 (DPA) The North Korean military fired another short-range missile across the Sea of Japan, its third such launch since conducting an internationally condemned nuclear test Monday, South Korean media ...

Moscow, April 1 (RIA Novosti) Pyongyang has announced that any attempt by Japan to shoot down a rocket, which is scheduled to launch a communications satellite April 4-8, would be considered an ...

Washington, March 29 (IANS) Japan has deployed three guided missile destroyers with orders to shoot down any debris from a North Korean rocket which might stray into Japanese airspace, a media report ...

Tokyo, Mar.27 (ANI): Japan has ordered its military to destroy any part of the rocket that North Korea is planning to fire early next month should it approach Japanese territory. A meeting ...

Tokyo, March 27 (DPA) Japan Friday readied its defence for North Korea's planned rocket launch, ordering its military to destroy any fragments that might fall on its territory if the launch goes ...

Tokyo, March 20 (RIA Novosti) North Korea will launch a rocket April 4 to deliver a communications satellite into orbit, a media report said Friday. The communist state earlier announced plans to launch ...

Washington, March 6 (DPA) The US said Thursday that North Korea's threats against South Korean airlines that fly into its airspace were "distinctly unhelpful". The North Korean government Thursday issued a statement saying it ...

Seoul, March 5 (DPA) North Korea Thursday indirectly threatened to shoot down South Korean passenger aircraft in its airspace, amid growing tension on the Korean peninsula. North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification ...

Moscow, Feb 20 (RIA Novosti) The captain of a Chinese cargo ship, which sank off Russia's Pacific coast Sunday killing eight crewmembers, is to blame for the tragedy, the Russian foreign ministry ...

Khabarovsk, Feb 11 (RIA Novosti) An Indian team has visited a dock in Russia's Far East where the Nerpa nuclear submarine has been kept since last year's fatal accident, the dockyard's director ...