Japan will dispatch its biggest warship since World War II to protect a US supply ship, as tensions mount in the region over North Korea, media reports said on Sunday. The helicopter carrier Izumo will leave the mother port of Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Monday and join the US ...
North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile Saturday, in apparent defiance of a concerted US push for tougher international sanctions on the communist state over its nuclear program. The latest launch came just hours after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned the UN Security Council of “catastrophic consequences” if the ...