US tests shooting down ballistic missile in message to North Korea

The US military shot down a medium-range ballistic missile during a test off Hawaii late Tuesday, officials said.

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President Trump is leaving ‘all options on the table’ after latest North Korea missile launch

President Trump on Tuesday said that ‘all options are on the table’ in dealing with North Korea after the country launched a missile that passed over Japanese airspace hours earlier.

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UN Security Council ‘strongly condemns’ NKorea missile test

The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday, reiterating demands that Pyongyang halt its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.

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North Korea fires missile over Japan, sharply escalating tensions

North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan and landed in waters off the northern region of Hokkaido early on Tuesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, marking a sharp escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula.

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Russia sends nuclear-capable bombers on mission near South Korea, Japan

Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers have flown over the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, prompting Japan and South Korea to scramble jets to escort them, Russia said on Thursday.

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Japan warns North Korea’s nuclear weapons program has ‘advanced considerably’

Japan has warned that the threat from North Korean nuclear weapons has reached a ‘new stage’ now that it appears to have developed an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the US mainland.

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