A senior North Korean diplomat has defended his country's recent missile launches, saying even US President Donald Trump recognizes North Korea's right to self-defense.
North Korea warned Sunday that it would reject contact with the South as long as Seoul continues its joint military drill with the United States, which Pyongyang has condemned as a rehearsal for an invasion.
The South Korean military says North Korea has fired two projectiles, believed to be short-range ballistic missiles, into the sea east of the Korean Peninsula..
The Egyptian police identified on Thursday the terrorist who killed 20 people using a booby-trapped car in the Egyptian capital Cairo earlier this week.
Pro-democracy activists kicked off three days of rallies at Hong Kong's airport on Friday, hoping to win international support from arriving passengers as the protests that have rocked the city enter a third month.
