North Korea says it tested two new missiles on Thursday to send a "solemn warning" against "South Korean warmongers".
The short-range missiles were shot into the Sea of Japan from North Korea's east coast.
Speaking to state media after the launch, Kim Jong-un said the territory had to develop weapons in order to "eliminate potential and direct threats".
North Korea has also spoke about against a decision by South Korea and the USA to hold joint military drills next month.
Trump touts $5,000 payout if Republicans win as Vance waits in wings
President Donald Trump capped the first day of his Republican Party's first-ever midterm convention by proposing to pay every US adult a $5,000 "Trump dividend" if his party wins November's congressional elections.
Search expands after Philippine ferry fire kills five and leaves dozens missing
A large-scale search and rescue operation was underway off the western Philippine island of Palawan on Thursday after a passenger ferry caught fire, killing five people and leaving dozens of passengers missing.
Trump says Iran war to end after US midterm elections
President Donald Trump said he expected the war with Iran to end after the November US midterm elections after the two sides launched their biggest wave of attacks on shipping since the start of the six-month-old war.
At least 20 killed in cargo vessel fire at China shipyard, state media reports
At least 20 people have been killed in a fire aboard a foreign cargo vessel undergoing repairs at a state-owned shipyard in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao on Thursday, state media reported, with five others still missing.
US military says it struck vessel in Caribbean, killing 3
The US military said on Wednesday three people have been killed in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea, the latest in a series of attacks that Washington says target "narco-terrorists" but human rights groups condemn as extrajudicial killings.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has visited the German Bundestag, the federal parliament, in Berlin, as part of his state visit to Germany.
Dubai's Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has unveiled a new framework to guide schools to design, deliver and strengthen student career counselling from early years through to graduation.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday discussed ways to build on the longstanding ties between the two countries.
