North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile over Japan into the northern Pacific Ocean on Friday, U.S. and South Korean militaries said, its longest-ever such flight and a clear message of defiance to its rivals, according to the Associated Press.
After Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Olena Zerkal publicly doubted the partnership spirit of Belarusian authorities toward Ukraine in the probe of the mysterious disappearance on its territory of Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Hryb, who media say may have been lured into Belarus and later abducted by Russian FSB, Belarusian Foreign Ministry called Kyiv’s statements “inappropriate.”
North Korea on Wednesday escalated already heightened tensions with the United States, warning that a plan to attack waters near Guam will be in place by mid-August and that President Trump understands "only absolute force," The Hill reports.