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US Conducts Successful Missile Intercept Test Amid NKorea Tensions

The US military has conducted a successful test of a missile intercept system, officials said Tuesday, as tensions soar...

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US Bombers Drill Near Korea DMZ In Show of Force

US bombers carried out a rare live fire drill in South Korea Saturday, flying close to the DMZ in a show of force after...

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US To Test Anti-Missile System Amid N Korea Tensions

The US Missile Defense Agency said Friday it would soon test an anti-ballistic missile system, days after North Korea...

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US Warplanes Fly Over Disputed South China Sea

US warplanes have flown over the disputed South China Sea, the US Air Force said Friday, a move aimed at asserting...

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Compensation For Guam WWII Atrocity Survivors

The US government has launched a compensation scheme for survivors of Japanese atrocities in Guam, 73 years after...

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Global Coral Bleaching May Be Ending, US Agency Says

Coral reef bleaching may be easing after three years of high ocean temperatures, the longest such period since the...

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Zika Birth Defects In 5 Percent of Infected Women In US Islands

Five percent of women in the US territories who were infected with the Zika virus while pregnant had fetus or babies...

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Ananya Vinay, 12, Wins US Spelling Bee With ‘marocain’

A 12-year-old girl from California has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after a tense final in Washington. Ananya...

International

North Korea Test-Fires Another Ballistic Missile, US and South Korea Say

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Monday morning that landed in the ocean, the US military said. South...

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North Korea Declares Medium-Range Missile Ready For Deployment

North Korea on Monday declared its medium-range Pukguksong-2 missile ready for deployment after a weekend test, the...

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N. Korea Confirms ‘successful’ Launch of Ballistic Missile

North Korea on Monday confirmed the "successful" launch of a medium-range ballistic missile, Pyongyang's state media...

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North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile

North Korea Sunday test-fired a ballistic missile which travelled some 500 km, just a week after a previous launch...

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Hero’s Welcome In Pyongyang For North’s Missile Developers

Thousands of men lined the streets of Pyongyang to give scientists and workers behind North Korea's latest missile test...

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Hero’s Welcome In Pyongyang For North’s Missile Developers

Thousands of men in their Sunday best and women in colourful traditional dress lined the streets of Pyongyang to give...

International

Putin Warns Against ‘intimidating’ North Korea After Latest Missile Launch

Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned North Korea's latest missile launch as "dangerous" but warned against...

International

North Korea Says New Rocket Can Carry Nuclear Warhead

North Korea said on Monday it had successfully launched a new type of ballistic missile in its latest test which it...

International

North Korea Missile Test ‘due To Kim Jong-Un Paranoia’

The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has accused North Korean leader Kim Jong-un of being in a "state...

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FIFA Gathers In Bahrain Under A Fresh Cloud

Two years on from the corruption crisis which consumed FIFA, football's governing body meets for its latest annual...

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Kuwaiti Quits FIFA Council To Fight Bribery Claim

World sport powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah announced his resignation Sunday from the FIFA council, saying...