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Pentagon detects new North Korean missile launch; projectile lands in sea off Japan
Regime forces in North Korea have again test-launched a mid- to long-range intercontinental ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan Friday, which is the second major test by Pyongyang of such a weapon this year.
Russia to expel U.S. diplomats in retaliation for new sanctions
Russia moved Friday to expel American diplomats and kick U.S. personnel out of several locations in Moscow, retaliating after Congress a day earlier wrote into law stiff economic sanctions against top Russian officials and important industries.
Germany: 1 dead, 4 wounded in knife attack at Hamburg market
A man with a knife fatally stabbed one person at a supermarket Friday in the northern German city of Hamburg and wounded four others as he fled, police said. He was then arrested.
Pakistani court disqualifies Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on allegation of corruption
A five-judge panel of Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday disqualified thrice-elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding office over allegations of corruption against him and his family.
As Venezuelan election looms, Maduro opponents question voter ID database
Venezuela’s partisan divide is so deep and bitter that even the ID requirements for voters in Sunday’s critical elections have sparked controversy.
Tour of French countryside shows where American World War I heroes were made
Today, grass and wildflowers blanket the valleys. Verdant rolling hills and lush green forests belie the agony wrought 100 years ago when the hills were bare and the battlefields were moonlike terrains of trenches, barbed wire, shell holes and the bodies of dead and dying young men.
Russia ready to expel U.S. diplomats if Trump OKs sanctions: Report
The Russian government is ready to expel dozens of U.S. diplomats and claim American property if President Trump signs a bill imposing new economic sanctions, a Russian newspaper reported Thursday.
Two Mexican nationals convicted in killing of ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata
A federal jury on Thursday convicted two members of a violent Mexican drug cartel in the 2011 ambush slaying of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent, U.S. authorities said.
Trump to declare war on MS-13 gang
President Trump on Friday will visit Long Island, New York, an epicenter of the MS-13 street gang violence, to call on Congress to fully fund the crack down on illegal immigration that is key to stamping out the gang.
U.S. orders relatives of American diplomats to leave Venezuelan capital
The United States is ordering relatives of American diplomats to leave the Venezuelan capital ahead of a polarizing vote planned for Sunday to start rewriting the country’s constitution.Related Articles
US bombers fly over South Korea after North's 2nd ICBM test
The United States flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday in a show of force against North Korea following the country's latest intercontinental ballistic missile test.
Trump blasts China for inaction on North Korea
President Trump threatened tougher trade action against China Saturday night, saying he is "very disappointed" that Beijing has failed to pressure North Korea to halt launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles.Shaheen preserves global women's ambassador post
Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the only woman on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has helped save an ambassador post focused on women's issues around the world.Iran says US Navy fires warning shots near its vessels
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said Saturday a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier fired a warning shot in an "unprofessional" confrontation with Iranian vessels, the official IRNA news agency reported.
North Korean ICBM launches dim South's hopes for talks
North Korea's rapidly accelerating nuclear weapons program is beginning to pose a grave challenge for liberal South Korean President Moon Jae-in, whose dovish proposals for engagement have been met by silence and two intercontinental ballistic missile tests in less than a month.
The Latest: Seoul, Washington to talk over missile limits
The Latest on North Korea's launch of its second intercontinental ballistic missile (all times local):
Russia's new UN envoy: World faces 'unprecedented threats'
Russia's new envoy to the United Nations took up his post Friday warning that the world is being confronted by "unprecedented threats and challenges" and declaring that combatting terrorism is a top priority.Delegation says 10,000 Connecticut DACA students at risk
Connecticut's congressional delegation is urging the Secretary of Homeland Security to legally defend a program giving temporary status to young immigrants who are in the country illegally.Western nations decry Iran space launch; US levies sanctions
The United States punished Iran on Friday for launching a satellite-carrying rocket into space by hitting six Iranian entities with sanctions targeting the country's ballistic missiles program.
Charlie Gard, ill U.K. infant, dies one week before 1st birthday
The chronically ill 11-month-old whose potential treatment was barred for months by the U.K. medical and judicial establishments has died.
North Korea says 2nd ICBM test puts 'entire' US in range
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S. mainland, hours after the launch left analysts concluding that a wide swath of the United States, including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now in range of North Korean weapons.US ag secretary: Current farm visa program 'unworkable'
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Friday that he considers the United States' current farm-visa program to be "unworkable" but the issue probably will not come up in NAFTA talks that begin next month.New Hampshire Democrats, Republicans demand health care fix
New Hampshire's Democratic congressional delegation and the governor called on both parties to fix the Affordable Care Act, after the dramatic rejection early Friday of a Republican proposal.
APNewsBreak: Couple was celebrating anniversary on cruise
A Utah couple was celebrating their wedding anniversary aboard an Alaska cruise when the husband was found covered in blood next to his wife's lifeless body, a frenzy of violence that a neighbor called completely out of character.
Thousands of North Korean laborers in US-allied Gulf nations
As pressure on North Korea grows over its nuclear weapons program, America's most valued Arab allies host thousands of its laborers whose wages help Pyongyang evade sanctions and build the missiles now threatening the U.S. and its Asian partners, officials and analysts say.
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