Defence`s Feeds

China will make efforts to promote the building of a community with a shared future for humanity, President Xi Jinping said Monday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday stressed upholding the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the centralized, unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee.

President Xi on Monday stressed solid efforts in advancing the practice of One Country, Two Systems, and the cause of national reunification.

With key positions of Chinese central government being endorsed at the national legislature, Chinese observers believed that the major agenda of the central government will be steering the economy recovery and boosting market confidence.

Promoting economic and social development has gained an "unprecedented" focus and emphasis during this year's two sessions, as China stands at a crucial phase of implementing plans set at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and entering a new development journey, national legislators and political advisors said, as most motions and proposals submitted this year focused on economic growth.

North Korea says it has test-fired two "strategic" cruise missiles from a submarine ahead of large-scale military drills by the country's archenemies, the United States and South Korea.

An underwater launching drill of strategic cruise missiles was staged at dawn of March 12.

North Korea fired two "strategic cruise missiles" from a submarine off its east coast, state media reported Monday, a day after Pyongyang warned of a "powerful" response to U.S.-South Korea military drills that begin this week.

North Korea says it has test-fired two "strategic cruise missiles" from a submarine ahead of the upcoming US-South Korea military drills, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports.

North Korea says it has decided to take "important practical" war deterrence measures in an attempt to deal with the United States and South Korea's provocations, as the two allies are set to hold large-scale joint military drills.

Tensions between North and South Korea have escalated dramatically over the past two years as new administrations in Washington and Seoul undermined the close personal rapport which officials in Pyongyang managed to establish with their predecessors.

The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Sunday issued the following statement:

Iran's hard-line judiciary says its Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against a Swedish-Iranian dissident who went missing from a Turkish airport two years ago before turning up in Iranian custody accused of terrorism.

A top military adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says a post-US era has started in the Persian Gulf region in the wake of a China-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic ties.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani while referring to astonishing remarks by a US official on prisoner exchange between the two countries said Iran believes this quite humanitarian issue must not be politicized.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Sunday that his country and the United States have reached an agreement on extradition of prisoners.

Iran says an agreement reached with the United States for the exchange of prisoners between the two countries is a purely humanitarian issue, which should not be politicized.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran and the United States have reached an initial agreement to exchange prisoners.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has hailed deep-rooted relations with Uzbekistan, saying strengthening the policy of convergence with neighboring states is among the important policies of his administration.

The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has lauded the Iranian nation for standing up to the enemies, saying the more pressure they exert on the country, the more decisive the nation's response will be.