| US considers 'military response options' after latest North Korea missile test threatens Japan Posted: 28 Jul 2017 01:42 PM PDT  The United States was considering "military response options" on Friday night after North Korea carried out its second test of an intercontinental ballistic missile in a month. The Pentagon confirmed that the missile, which flew for 45 minutes, travelled an estimated 600 miles and landed west of Japan's Hokkaido island, was an ICBM. It flew for six minutes longer than the previous one, on July 4. Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, has called a meeting of the national security council to assess the launch. Graphic: North Korea missile launch "I have received the first report that North Korea again launched a missile and it possibly landed inside the exclusive economic zone," said Mr Abe. He called the launch "a serious and real threat", while Yoshihide Suga, Japan's government spokesman, said: "North Korea's repeated provocative acts absolutely cannot be accepted." US and South Korean military officials were discussing military options last night. Marine General Joseph Dunford was joined by the Admiral Harry Harris, Commander of US Pacific Command, when they called General Lee Sun-jin, chairman of the South Korean Joint Chief of Staff. Kim Jong-un watches performance celebrating ICBM launch 01:27 "During the call Dunford and Harris expressed the ironclad commitment to the US-Republic of Korea alliance. The three leaders also discussed military response options," said Captain Greg Hicks, a spokesman for Gen Dunford. While the Pentagon has long planned for the possibility of conflict with North Korea, the blunt language in the statement marked a departure from previous public reactions to missile tests. The Pentagon, which earlier this week warned that North Korea could have a nuclear-enabled ICBM as early as next year, said it detected the launch almost immediately. US Ambassador: We are prepared to use "considerable military forces" on North Korea 00:37 Donald Trump's administration has said that the period of 'strategic patience' towards North Korea is over, US officials have also expressed growing frustration with Beijing for not doing more to pressure its neighbour to rein in its military ambitions. The US and South Korea carry out missile drill to counter North Korea test 01:24 Britain and Australia this week joined the US in calling for China to exert more pressure on Pyongyang. However, China says it has little leverage over leaders in Pyongyang, and regularly calls on the US and South Korea to halt military drills in the region as a means of diffusing tensions. Reports this week suggest that Beijing is preparing for a potential crisis along its shared border with North Korea by building bunkers for civilians and realigning forces in the region. The US and China earlier this week said they are making progress on a new UN resolution that would impose additional sanctions against North Korea in response to the ICBM launch. The rogue state is already under tough UN sanctions which have been enforced since it carried out its first of five nuclear tests in 2006.
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| What happens now Pakistan's PM has been disqualified? Posted: 28 Jul 2017 12:49 PM PDT  Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been ousted from power by the Supreme Court, an unceremonious end to his third term in power ahead of general elections next year. No Pakistani prime minister has ever completed a full five-year term. Most have seen their tenures cut short by the powerful military or by the Supreme Court.
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| North Dakota woman who threatened Muslims hugs one of them Posted: 27 Jul 2017 07:54 PM PDT ![North Dakota woman who threatened Muslims hugs one of them]( "North Dakota woman who threatened Muslims hugs one of them") FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota woman who threatened some Muslim women in a Walmart parking lot met with two of them Thursday and all "expressed their sincere regrets" about the incident and apologized, Fargo's police chief said Thursday.
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| US-backed Syrian fighters now control almost half of IS city Posted: 27 Jul 2017 07:34 PM PDT  RAQQA, Syria (AP) — Heavy fighting broke out Thursday as U.S.-backed Syrian fighters captured almost half of the Islamic State group's de facto capital of Raqqa. But the push into the city in northern Syria slowed due to stiff resistance and large amounts of explosives planted by the extremists, a spokeswoman for the fighters and monitors said.
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| The Latest: Husband in cruise ship death appears in court Posted: 27 Jul 2017 07:17 PM PDT  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on a woman's death in what authorities called a domestic dispute on a cruise ship off the coast of Alaska (all times local):
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| Small plane misses cars but kills 4 aboard in highway crash Posted: 27 Jul 2017 06:57 PM PDT  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A small plane crashed on a Utah highway Wednesday, killing two couples heading for a vacation but narrowly missing cars when it barreled across the lanes through a gap in traffic.
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| Twitter Rips Apart Dylan Pickle's Letter To Trump Posted: 27 Jul 2017 05:00 PM PDT  Twitterati refused to believe the letter was authentic and criticized the White House for propaganda.
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| Things to know about Foxconn plant coming to Wisconsin Posted: 27 Jul 2017 04:09 PM PDT  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group's manufacturing plant in Wisconsin will be the first U.S.-based facility for the Taiwan-based electronics giant. Here are some things to know about the plant:
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| Victims Identified In Utah Plane Crash Posted: 27 Jul 2017 03:13 PM PDT  Officials at the Federal Aviation Administration launched an investigation into the Wednesday crash.
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