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North Korea fires missile in latest provocation : SEOUL

  • SEOUL, May 29, (APP/AFP) – North Korea test-fired a missile Monday into Japan’s maritime economic zone — the latest in a series of provocative launches that have heightened tensions over its nuclear weapons ambitions. It was the North’s third ballistic missile test in as many weeks and the 12th this year — carried out in […]

  • Police make fresh arrest over Manchester bombing

    MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, May 29, (APP/AFP) – British police said they had arrested a new suspect on Monday over the Manchester bombings, bringing to 14 the number of people they have in custody over the attack. Authorities detained a 23-year-old in the southern coastal town of Shoreham-by-Sea, more than 400 kilometres (250 miles) from Manchester. […]

  • N. Korea fires what appears to be a missile: Yonhap

    SEOUL, May 29 (APP/AFP): North Korea has fired off what appears to be a ballistic missile, Yonhap news agency reported Monday, citing the South’s military, as tensions flare over its nuclear ambitions. The unidentified missile was fired from near the North Korean coastal city of Wonsan, Seoul’s joint chief of staff said. South Korea’s new […]

  • US confirms North Korea launched short-range ballistic missile

    WASHINGTON, May 29 (APP/AFP): The United States confirmed Sunday that North Korea has test-launched another ballistic missile. The US Pacific Command said the short-range missile was tracked for six minutes until it landed in the Sea of Japan. It was not deemed a threat to North America.

  • North Korea fires missile in latest provocation

    SEOUL, May 29, (APP/AFP): North Korea test-fired a missile Monday into Japan’s maritime economic zone — the latest in a series of provocative launches that have ratcheted up tensions over its nuclear weapons ambitions. It was the North’s third ballistic missile test in as many weeks and the 12th this year — carried out in […]

  • Greek former PM Mitsotakis dies: family

    ATHENS, May 29, (APP/AFP) – Former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis died Monday at the age of 99, his family said. “He died at 0100 (2200 GMT) surrounded by the people whom he loved and who loved him,” a family statement said. Born in 1918, Mitsotakis had quit politics in 2004, stepping down as Greece’s […]