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North Korea fires 2 missiles toward sea as U.S. redeploys carrier near Korean Peninsula

The launch comes days after the North fired an intermediate-range missile over Japan for the first time in five years.
North Korea on Tuesday fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, forcing Japan to issue evacuation notices and suspend trains, as the North escalates tests of weapons designed to strike regional U.S. allies.
North Korea on Tuesday fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, forcing Japan to issue evacuation notices and suspend trains, as the North escalates tests of weapons designed to strike regional U.S. allies.
10h ago

Women and girls are leading Iran protests, but others are joining from across society

“These are not pockets of protests,” one expert said. “This time, around 80 towns and cities have been involved. And it’s so broad-based, and a lot of it is spontaneous.”
Image: Protest in Iran following Mahsa Amini's death
Image: Protest in Iran following Mahsa Amini's death
10h ago

At least 4 killed as explosion rocks Kabul mosque in vicinity of Afghan Interior Ministry

“The mosque was used by visitors and sometimes by Interior Ministry employees,” ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor said.

OPEC will cut production by 2 million barrels a day, likely sending gas and oil prices back up

The decision comes after gas prices spiked in the U.S. in the summer and have trended downward in recent weeks.
Image: Nassiriya oil field
Image: Nassiriya oil field
11h ago

Mom in Mexico who led efforts over her missing daughter is the 4th search volunteer killed since 2021

Activists said the victim was Esmeralda Gallardo, who led efforts to find her missing 22-year-old daughter.
March for Mother's Day in Mexico
March for Mother's Day in Mexico
14h ago

U.K.'s Truss stands by ‘disruption’ agenda in speech marred by protest and doubts within her party

“I am ready to make the hard choices,” Truss said as she closed a tumultuous Conservative Party Conference in the central English city of Birmingham.
Image: Liz Truss Delivers Her Leader's Speech To Party Conservative Party Conference
Image: Liz Truss Delivers Her Leader's Speech To Party Conservative Party Conference
15h ago

Nobel chemistry prize awarded to trio for attaching molecules

Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless shared the award for developing a way of “snapping molecules together.”
A model of the prestigious Nobel Medal in the old town Gamla Stan, Sweden on Oct. 10, 2021.
A model of the prestigious Nobel Medal in the old town Gamla Stan, Sweden on Oct. 10, 2021.
16h ago

Seoul’s reprisal launch blows up as U.S., South Korea respond to North Korean missile test

North Korea’s successful launch of a nuclear-capable ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday was its most provocative weapons demonstration since 2017.
Image: South Korea And US Hold Joint Live-fire Exercise
Image: South Korea And US Hold Joint Live-fire Exercise

American citizen Baquer Namazi flies out of Iran after six years of detention

Namazi will undergo urgent surgery to clear a “severe blockage” of an artery, his family and lawyer said in a statement.
Siamak Namazi and Baquer Namazi
Siamak Namazi and Baquer Namazi
22h ago

Virginia man killed in gunfire in Turks and Caicos Islands

Kevin Carter, the vice president of Arlington's NAACP branch, was killed Sunday when people whom police described as “armed criminals” opened fire into a vehicle returning from an excursion.
A police vehicle intercepted the suspected gunmen and riddled with bullets during a shootout, officials said.
A police vehicle intercepted the suspected gunmen and riddled with bullets during a shootout, officials said.

U.S., allies respond to North Korea’s missile test over Japan

The U.S., South Korea and Japan responded to North Korea’s most provocative missile test in years with a show of strength. North Korea launched a missile over Japan, at a range long enough to reach U.S. territory in Guam.
U.S., allies respond to North Korea’s missile test over Japan
U.S., allies respond to North Korea’s missile test over Japan