North Korea test-fired three ballistic missiles on Tuesday, in further defiance of the international community and in apparent reaction to the planned deployment of a US defense system in the South. The launches drew swift condemnation from the United States and Japan, who vowed a coordinated response to Pyongyang’s repeated ...
Russian air strikes have killed 18 ISIL group fighters in central Syria, including near the historic city of Palmyra, over the past 24 hours, a monitor said on Friday. The Britain-based opposing Syrian Observatory said European members of ISIL were among the dead in the strikes around the town of ...