North Korea defended its latest ballistic missile launch and slammed UN Security Council condemnation in a defiant statement Wednesday. The communique from the North’s foreign ministry came as investigators in Malaysia probe the shock assassination of Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother Monday. The North’s leader has been trying to strengthen his grip ...
Five people were killed Wednesday when two suicide bombers attacked a government compound in Pakistan’s restive tribal region, officials said, with the Taliban claiming the assault as the latest in a fresh offensive. At least seven others were wounded in the early-morning attack in Mohmand tribal agency in Pakistan’s northwest. ...