Kim Jong Un reveals North Korea’s ‘nuclear attack submarine’

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2023/09/8

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Experts have cast doubts over whether the submarine can fire nuclear weapons (pic BBC)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has held a ceremony to reveal a new submarine, which Pyongyang claims can launch nuclear weapons.

State media said the submarine strengthened the country’s nuclear deterrent by “leaps and bounds”. It has been named Hero Kim Kun Ok after a North Korean naval officer and historical figure.

A nuclear-attack submarine has long been on the list of weapons North Korea wants to build.

In photographs released by state media, Mr Kim is seen standing in a shipyard, surrounded by naval officers, and overshadowed by an enormous black submarine.

He is quoted as saying that the sub will be one of the navy’s main means of “underwater offensive.”

But there is some skepticism about how effective it will be.

Analysts believe it is a Soviet-era Romeo-class sub – the same that Mr Kim inspected in 2019 – but has been modified to carry nuclear weapons.

(BBC)

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Four dead 32 injured in head on collision at Weerawila

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9 hours ago

2026/03/18

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(Pic PRIYAN DE SILVA)

Four persons including a Budhist monk died and 32 others were injured when two SLTB buses collided head on at Weerawila at arond 12 noon today (18).

Three of the deceased were women. 22 of the injured were admitted to the Hambanthota Hospital while 10 others have been admitted to the Debarawewa hospital.

Families search for loved ones after deadly Pakistan strike on Kabul rehab

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18 hours ago

2026/03/18

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Afghan security personnel inspect the Omar Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul after an attack on March 17, 2026 [Aljazeera]

Families have gathered outside a drug treatment centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, looking for their loved ones after it was hit in a Pakistan air strike, which Taliban authorities said killed 408 people.

The attack on Kabul’s Omar Addiction Treatment Hospital took place at about 9pm local time (16:30 GMT) on Monday.

[Aljazeera]

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CAF strips Senegal of AFCON title, Morocco declared African champions

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18 hours ago

2026/03/18

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Senegal forward Sadio Mane holds up the trophy as he celebrates with his teammates after the AFCON final [File: Aljazeera]

African football’s governing body has stripped Senegal of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title they won in a chaotic final two months ago and declared Morocco the champions.

In a stunning decision, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Tuesday that its appeals board ruled that Senegal is “declared to have forfeited” the match, a 1-0 victory. The result, it said, was now “being officially recorded as 3-0” ‌in favour of host nation Morocco.

At the January 18 final in Rabat, Senegal’s players walked off the pitch, led by coach Pape Thiaw, in protest against a penalty awarded late in regulation time to Morocco.

When play resumed after a delay of about 15 minutes, Morocco forward Brahim Diaz’s penalty was saved. In extra time, Pape Gueye scored the decisive goal that saw Senegal become champions of Africa for the second time.

The heated final also saw supporters trying to storm the field, players scuffling on the sidelines, reporters from the two countries fighting in media areas, and a bizarre sequence in which Moroccan ball boys tried to seize a towel being used by Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy – in an apparent bid to distract him and help their team win the continental title.

At a disciplinary hearing in January, CAF imposed fines of more than $1m as well as bans for Senegal and Morocco players and officials, but it had left the result untouched.

The case could go to a further appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

[Aljazeera]