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North Korea fires ballistic missiles as tensions mount with USA and South Korea

North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the western sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, as Seoul and Washington ended a high-profile six-day military exercise.

France 24

North Korea fires 4 ballistic missiles as U.S., Seoul end drills

North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the western sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, as Seoul and Washington ended a high-profile six-day military exercise.

Reuters

US to fly supersonic bomber in show of force against NKorea

The United States will fly a supersonic bomber over ally South Korea as part of a massive combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes, in a show of force meant to intimidate North Korea over its barrage of ballistic missile tests this week that has escalated tensions in the region

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US confronts China, Russia at UN over N Korean missile launches

Beijing and Moscow had ‘bent over backwards’ to justify North Korea’s violations of UN sanctions, US ambassador says.

Al Jazeera

US, allies clash with China, Russia over NKorea missiles

The United States and its allies have clashed with China and Russia over North Korea’s escalating ballistic missile launches and American-led military exercises in South Korea, again preventing any action by the divided U.N. Security Council

The Independent UK

US will provide Soviet-made tanks in new $400m aid package for Ukraine

The new defence aid package includes T-72 tanks and refurbished HAWK surface-to-air missile systems, with the latter coming from US stockpiles

The Independent UK

Sanctions fail to halt North Korea's accelerating weapons programs

Economic sanctions, the primary means the United States has used for years to try to exert pressure on North Korea, have abjectly failed to halt its nuclear and missile programs or to bring the reclusive northeast Asian state back to the negotiating table.

Reuters

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Nuclear attack on US would lead to Kim Jong-un being wiped out, officials warn

US defence secretary Lloyd Austin has issued a chilling warning to Kim Jong-un after three intercontinental ballistic missiles were fired on Thursday and flew over 460 miles

Daily Mirror

U.N. chief urges North Korea to resume denuclearization talks

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned North Korea's recent missile launches, urging Pyongyang to "immediately desist from taking any further provocative action" and take immediate steps to resume talks aimed at the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, a U.N. spokesman said.

Reuters

Medvedev: Russia is Fighting a Sacred Battle, Victory is Ours

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday cast Russia's war in Ukraine as a sacred conflict with Satan, warning that Moscow could send all its enemies to the eternal fires of hell. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has killed tens of thousands and triggered the biggest confrontation with the West since…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hayashi, Blinken condemn North Korea

MUNSTER, Germany -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken strongly condemned the latest round of North Korean ballistic missile launches on the sidelines of a Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting in Munster, Germany.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

EXPLAINER: How impoverished N. Korea finances testing spree

North Korea’s recent barrage of missile tests, including Wednesday’s record of at least 23 launches, is raising an important question about its weapons program: How does the impoverished country pay for the seemingly endless tests

The Independent UK

South Korea scrambles jets after 180 North Korean warplanes spotted flying near border

North Korea's huge show of military jets comes just a day after the authoritarian state fired about 30 ballistic missiles during the two previous days

Daily Mirror

US says a North Korean nuclear strike on it or allies would be ‘end of Kim regime’ OLD

US and South Korea extend military exercise till Saturday in response to North’s intestified missile tests

The Independent UK

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Reuters

Explainer-North Korea is developing ICBMs. What are they?

North Korea has dramatically ramped up missile tests this year and tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBMs) on Thursday, as part of efforts to develop a nuclear-tipped missile that can strike the U.S. mainland.

Bangkok Post

End of Kim Jong-un regime warning if N. Korea goes nuclear

The defence chiefs of the United States and South Korea on Thursday warned North Korea that any nuclear attack against them by Pyongyang would "result in the end" of leader Kim Jong-un's regime as concerns grow over the isolated country's unprecedented pace of weapons tests this year.

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Fired Artillery Barrage Overnight, Seoul Says

North Korea fired an artillery barrage into a maritime "buffer zone" overnight, Seoul's military said Friday, after a record-breaking blitz of launches that included a failed intercontinental ballistic missile test. Seoul and Washington, which have warned Pyongyang's recent launches could culminate in a nuclear test, extended their largest-ever joint air…

Reuters

Flurry of North Korean launches demonstrates complexity of missile defences

North Korea's barrage of missiles this week was a vivid illustration of how tracking and intercepting waves of missiles at different altitudes and trajectories is a complex task - even in peacetime.

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NATO Chief: Iran Plans to Supply Russia with Arms Unacceptable

Iran's plans to supply Russia with weapons including drones and ballistic missiles in its war against Ukraine are "unacceptable", NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. Kyiv and its Western allies accuse Iran of supplying drones to Russia, AFP said. "We see Iran offering drones and considering ballistic missile…

Al Jazeera

US says China, Russia have leverage to stop N Korea nuclear test

Tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen as Pyongyang has stepped up tests of weapons including a banned ICBM.

Reuters

Exclusive-U.S. says China and Russia have leverage to stop North Korea nuclear test

The United States believes China and Russia have leverage they can use to persuade North Korea not to resume nuclear bomb testing, a senior U.S. administration official said on Thursday.

Reuters

North Korea flies jets, fires artillery near border after U.S. and South extend drills

South Korea said it scrambled warplanes in response to 180 North Korean military flights near the countries' shared border on Friday, and Pyongyang again demanded that the United States and South Korea halt "provocative" air exercises.

Reuters

New Russian submarine successfully fires ballistic missile -defence ministry

A new nuclear-powered submarine that is soon set to enter service with the Russian navy has successfully fired a ballistic missile as part of final testing, the defence ministry said on Thursday.

Reuters

South Korea not considering redeploying tactical nuclear weapons - defense minister

South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup said on Thursday that he did not believe tactical nuclear weapons were for now needed to deter North Korea following its latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

The Guardian - US

Nuclear attack on US or allies would end Kim regime, says defense secretary

Lloyd Austin makes remark while Kim Jong-un’s government in Pyongyang has in recent days mounted a number of missile tests

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