Nicaragua Says It Will Destroy Missiles
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President Enrique Bolanos told U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld Friday that Nicaragua would completely eliminate a stockpile of hundreds of surface-to-air missiles with no expectation of compensation from the United States.
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A senior State Department official said Monday the United States will seek to forge a solid working relationship with Nicaragua's President-elect Daniel Ortega.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met Nicaraguan leaders on Friday to press them to destroy 1,367 shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles that Washington fears
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Russia has agreed to sell an S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Iran, Iran's defense minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday, a report likely to irritate the United States.
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The UN nuclear watchdog confirmed Monday that nearly 400 tons of powerful explosives that could be used in conventional or nuclear missiles disappeared from an unguarded military installation in Iraq.
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Russia and the United States urged all countries to destroy medium range nuclear-capable missiles, in a joint declaration by the former Cold War foes published by the Russian foreign ministry on Sunday.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards leader says Hezbollah will soon destroy Israel, in a letter to Hassan Nasrallah.
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The UN chief warns against an assault on rebel-held Falluja, as US troops begin pounding the city's outskirts.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - The U.S. military said on Tuesday  its planes launched an overnight "precision strike" that  destroyed a site in Falluja used by "terrorists" loyal to  Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua  - Hurricane Felix ripped into Central America on Tuesday, trashing a port on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, killing at least four people and threatening deadly mudslides in Honduras and Guatemala.
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A return to violence in Northern Ireland would be "devastating", the political wing of the IRA warned after the paramilitary group rescinded an offer to destroy its weapons.
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Mexico's government on Tuesday called a series of gas pipeline explosions a threat to the nation's democratic institutions and vowed to step up security after a guerrilla group claimed responsibility for the blasts.
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State-run media quote Defense Minister Ali Shamkani as saying the new missile has an &quot;unprecedented range, destructive power, accuracy and launching time&quot; that can meet all threats from both within the region and beyond.
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In a statement reflecting the growing distrust between Moscow and the West, a top Russian general on Monday warned that Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to ...Comment
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Interim president criticizes US-led breakup of Ministry of Defense, saying it leaves nation open to violence. By Katarina Kratovac.
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North Korea is suspected of test-firing a number of short-range missiles off its west coast.
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PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua  - Hurricane Felix ripped into Central America on Tuesday, trashing a port on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, killing at least four people and threatening dangerous mudslides in Honduras and Guatemala.