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North Korea test-fired five ballistic missiles, South Korean officials said, in an apparent message of defiance to the United States on the eve of its Independence Day holiday. The launches off its east coast further fuelled regional tensions after the communist state's nuclear test in May. They came as Washington seeks support for tough enforcement of United Nations sanctions aimed at shutting down the North's nuclear and missile programmes. Seoul's foreign ministry said the first four weapons launched into the Sea of Japan (East Sea) were ballistic ...

North Korea has test-fired four ballistic missiles, on the eve of US Independence Day celebrations, according to South Korean officials, further fuelling regional tensions amid its nuclear standoff. Seoul's foreign ministry said all four of the weapons launched into the Sea of Japan (East Sea) were ballistic missiles, which the North is banned from firing under UN Security Council resolutions. It was the first time in three years that the communist state fired multiple ballistic missiles. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles had a range ...

Residents of Afghanistan's Helmand are sceptical about US and British operations underway in their southern province, uncertain they can end Taliban attacks and intimidation. It is not just the insurgency that contributes to a dire situation but also official corruption, the drugs trade and unemployment, they told AFP as 4,000 Marines pushed south and hundreds of British soldiers were busy further north Landowner Abdullah Khan was dismissive of the assault that saw hundreds of Marines helicoptered into his home district of Nawa, along the Helmand River. "For several ...