U.N. Security Council members called for further sanctions against North Korea on Monday after a powerful nuclear test explosion added another layer of urgency for diplomats wrestling with what to do about the Northβs persistent weapons programs.
Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a βmassive military response,β South Korea on Monday fired missiles into the sea to simulate an attack on the Northβs main nuclear test site a day after Pyongyang detonated its largest ever nuclear test explosion.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday shot back at North Koreaβs latest nuclear provocation with a blunt threat, saying the U.S. will answer any North Korean threat with a βmassive military response -- a response both effective and overwhelming.β While he said America does not seek the βtotal annihilationβ of the North, he added somberly, βWe have many options to do so.β
North Korea announced it detonated a thermonuclear device Sunday in its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date, a big step toward its goal of developing nuclear weapons capable of striking anywhere in the U.S. The North called it a βperfect successβ while its neighbors condemned the blast immediately.
The way Princess Diana died 20 years Thursday β in a high-speed Paris car crash while she and her boyfriend were being chauffeured by an intoxicated driver and pursued by photographers β shocked and angered the public. It also preserved her in memory as a glamorous, beloved and vulnerable figure.
With more guests than cots, some people slept on chairs or the floor. People hung towels and wet clothes on the base of the ceiling supports. Police officers guarded several entrances. Outside, dozens of people still awake stood with their pets and traded cigarettes.
In a first, North Korea on Tuesday fired a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said. The aggressive missile launch β likely the longest ever from North Korea β over the territory of a close U.S. ally sends a clear message of defiance as Washington and Seoul conduct war games nearby.
North Korea fired an unidentified projectile from its capital Pyongyang that flew over Japan before plunging into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said Tuesday, an especially aggressive test-flight that will rattle an already anxious region.
Three North Korea short range ballistic missiles failed on Saturday in the Northβs latest weapons test amid a rapid expansion of its nuclear weapons and missile program, U.S. military officials said Saturday
At least 16 Americans associated with the U.S. Embassy in Havana suffered symptoms from attacks on their health in Cuba that have still not been explained, the United States said Thursday.
Alerted by a detailed tip from Spanish colleagues, Dutch police arrested a man early Thursday and said he was suspected of preparing an attack on a concert in Rotterdam by an American rock band.
A London couple has posted an opening for a nanny with a six figure salary and use of the family's Maserati.
The U.S. Navy on Thursday called off the search at sea for sailors missing after a collision between a destroyer and an oil tanker, and confirmed the identity of one body.
Reversing his past calls for a speedy exit, President Donald Trump recommitted the United States to the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan, declaring U.S. troops must βfight to win.β He pointedly declined to disclose how many more troops will be dispatched to wage Americaβs longest war.
President Donald Trump declared Monday night the United States must continue fighting in Afghanistan to avoid the βpredictable and unacceptableβ results of a rapid withdrawal from the country where the U.S. has been at war for 16 years.
The stars came out in the middle of the day, zoo animals ran in agitated circles, crickets chirped, birds fell silent and a chilly darkness fell upon the land Monday as the U.S. witnessed its first full-blown, coast-to-coast solar eclipse since World War I.
Police outside Barcelona shot down a man wearing a possible explosives vest, the regional police force said Monday, as the manhunt intensified for the fugitive in the cityβs van attack.
Police in Finland say they have shot a man in the leg after he was suspected of stabbing several people in the western city of Turku.
Police on Friday shot and killed five people wearing fake bomb belts who staged a car attack in a seaside resort in Spainβs Catalonia region hours after a van plowed into pedestrians on a busy Barcelona promenade, killing at least 13 people and injuring over 100 others.
A local man who grew up in Barcelona has friends and family living there, including his son, who captured video of the scenes following the attack on Las Ramblas.
