April 26, 2017 THAAD anti-ballistic missile system in South Korea nearly set The U.S.-delivered THAAD anti-ballistic missile system being installed in South Korea is set to be operational in a “couple of days,” as continued North Korean saber-rattling stirs fears of hostilities breaking out in the region and a U.S. carrier strike group steamed into “striking range” of the rogue state.
April 26, 2017 The Latest: China, Japan urge N. Korea to avoid provocations The Latest on tensions on the Korean Peninsula (all times local): 5 p.m.
April 26, 2017 US test-fires ICBM traveling 4,000 miles to South Pacific The US Air Force test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile which traveled over 4,000 miles before splashing down in the South Pacific after launching early Wednesday from a base in California.
April 26, 2017 South Korea: New components of THAAD missile defense system installed In a defiant bit of timing, South Korea announced Wednesday that key parts of a contentious U.S. missile defense system had been installed a day after rival North Korea showed off its military power.
April 25, 2017 101-year-old woman wins gold in 100-meter sprint They say age is just a number, and Man Kaur can prove it.
April 25, 2017 North Korea reportedly holds live-fire drill as US nuclear-powered sub approaches North Korea on Tuesday reportedly conducted a huge live-fire drill that involved up to 400 artillery pieces, which may have been supervised by the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un.
April 25, 2017 Australian girl, 8, survives car crash that killed her mother and siblings An eight-year-old girl who was the sole survivor of a horror crash that killed her mother and two siblings in northern New South Wales has spoken of how she escaped the sinking car.
April 25, 2017 Gallipoli dead remembered on 102nd anniversary of WWI battle Australia's foreign minister and New Zealand's justice minister have joined hundreds of people on the site of the battlefields of the World War I Battle of Gallipoli to remember those who were killed on the 102nd anniversary of the start of the ill-fated campaign.
April 24, 2017 Amid North Korea crisis, Pence becomes Trump emissary abroad As tensions rose on the Korean peninsula, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who has President Donald Trump's trust but little diplomatic experience to go with it, became the top American official headed to the region after North Korea again failed to successfully launch a ballistic missile.
April 24, 2017 New Zealand: US doctor must pay reparations for deadly crash A Wisconsin heart surgeon who was vacationing in New Zealand when he caused a highway accident that killed two people and injured four others has been ordered to make reparation payments but has avoided jail time.