North Korean missiles will be able to reach U.S. after modernization: Ifax cites Russian lawmaker 10/10/2017 10:21:21 PM North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea (WPK) at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, in Pyongyang October 8, 2017. MOSCOW, Reuters, October 10, 2017   - North Korea’s leadership has told Russian lawmakers that it possesses a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000 kilometers (1864.11 miles) that will be able to reach U.S. territory after modernization, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. Interfax cited Anton Morozov, a lawmaker and member of the lower house of parliament’s international affairs committee, who visited Pyongyang from October 2-6. North Korea aims to increase the range of its ballistic missiles to 9,000 kilometers (5592.34 miles), Morozov was quoted as saying. “There was no talk about the deadline (for solving this task),” he ...

Saudi king slams Iranian interference in Middle East during visit to Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabias King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud awaits a welcoming ceremony ahead of their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Wednesday Deutsche Welle- Oct. 5,2017- While Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed on an arms deal Thursday in Moscow Saudi King Salman insisted that Iran must stop meddling in Middle East affairs. 'We emphasize that the security and stability of the Gulf region and the Middle East is an urgent necessity for achieving stability and security in Yemen,' Salman said, as quoted by Russia’s Interfax news agency. 'This would demand that Iran give up interference with the internal affairs of the region, to give up actions destabilizing the situation in this region.'   Iran has been backing Houthi rebels in Yemen, a close ally and next-door neighbor of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, is leading the international coalition l...