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Thursday’s apparent missile test comes even as North Korea faces strong sanctions following its fourth nuclear test in January and a rocket launch in February.

The world's youngest nation has a chance to emerge from 28 months of conflict that has ravaged its economy. But some say success seems unlikely.

The inaugural rocket from the new spaceport came a day after a planned launch Wednesday was aborted due to a technical glitch.

The U.S. State Department said that Russia violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which forbids the use or development of ground-launched cruise missiles.

The central bank held fire on expanding monetary stimulus despite fresh data adding to concerns about the state of the world’s third-largest economy.

North Korea’s longtime ally has been critical of Pyongyang’s nuclear advancements, even backing harsh Western sanctions against the reclusive country.

The local governor’s office said the woman was thought to have detonated a device she was wearing near the western gate of Bursa’s Grand Mosque.

“We all have the same God; the main thing is for this to proceed in harmony,­” a Jewish leader in Marseille said recently.

South Korea's Olympic Committee just unveiled a collection of pants and long-sleeved shirts for its athletes headed to Rio.

The wall, expected to run 700 kilometers on Kenya's northeastern border, specifically targets the Somalia-based al-Shabab terror group, and possibly ISIS.

Guinea has the second-highest rate of female genitalia mutilation in the world after Somalia. 

"The relic has a great intangible value for the faithful," city dean Johannes zu Eltz told reporters.

The reclusive state is reportedly planning to blow up the half-size replica for target practice.

Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveils plans aimed at ending the kingdom's dependence on oil.

Instability in the South Caucasus region has prompted nervousness in Armenia over the future of its relationship with Russia.

The Kuiper Belt object, long thought to be moonless, has a tiny moon merely 100 miles across, new images captured by the Hubble telescope reveal.

A long-running case has reached the country’s highest court, which has sought the government’s views on whether the images breach obscenity laws.

Despite calls for a ceasefire from Prime Minister Haider al Abadi, intense fighting in northeastern Iraq threatens to pull focus away from the battle against ISIS.

The mandate of MINUSCA, as the peacekeeping force is known, was originally set to expire Saturday.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu reassured the country Wednesday after earlier comments by the Parliament’s speaker, calling for a religious constitution, caused a public uproar.

The local extremist group with allegiance to ISIS is believed to have beheaded a Canadian hostage earlier this week.

The U.S. Federal Reserve will make its monetary policy announcements Wednesday, while the Bank of Japan will review its policy Thursday.

Price of crude is on course for its strongest monthly performance since last April.

Sergei Shoigu also blamed the U.S. and NATO’s deployment of military forces near Russian borders in response to Moscow’s retaliatory measures.

Another international institution warned Wednesday that uncertainty over a Brexit was hurting the country's economy, in the runup to June’s referendum.

The dent in the militant group’s funds caused a 90 percent rise in defections and decline in new entrants, Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten reportedly said.

Despite its staggering size, the released data covers only half of the proton collision data collected by the CMS detector in 2011.

A Papua New Guinea Supreme Court ruling Tuesday said detaining asylum seekers on Manus Island was illegal and unconstitutional.

Abdeslam is suspected of helping transport three suicide bombers to Stade de France, where they blew themselves up, and is also believed to have purchased the detonators.