North Korea said the U.S and South Korea missed a chance to improve relations and are risking to escalate tensions as they conduct joint military drills.
The Afghan Army is trying to hold back the Taliban in the Mazar-e-Sharif, the north’s biggest city. Taliban fighters have taken at least six cities since Friday. The U.S., now three weeks from its deadline to withdraw troops, is providing some airstrikes but no backup on the ground.
Jorge Alfredo Barralaga lost his life after a packed van transporting around 30 people who had migrated to the U.S. overturned along the border in Texas.