Mockery, anger in South Korea over USS Carl Vinson 'bluffing'
Updated 1333 GMT (2133 HKT) April 20, 2017
US President Donald Trump said he was sending "an armada" to Korean waters to potentially deal with threats from Pyongyang.
But its no-show has caused some South Koreans to question his leadership and strategy regarding their unpredictable neighbor in the north.
And as the country prepares to vote for a new president on May 9, the claim could have far-reaching implications for the two countries' relations.
Analysts studying North Korea nuclear sites spot people playing volleyball
Satellite imagery reveals surprisingly relaxed pastime underway as tensions between Pyongyang and Washington continue to simmer
Analysts who examine satellite images of North Korea reported on Wednesday that they had spotted some unexpected activity at the country’s nuclear test site: active volleyball games in three separate areas.
The surprising images were taken on Sunday as tensions between the United States and North Korea seemed to spike. The Korean Peninsula pulsed with news that the North was preparing for its sixth atomic detonation and that US warships had been ordered into the Sea of Japan as a deterrent, even though the ships turned out to have sailed in the opposite direction.
The volleyball games, played in the middle of that international crisis, were probably intended to send a message, analysts said, as the North Koreans are aware that the nuclear test site is under intense scrutiny. But what meaning the North wanted the games to convey is unclear.
Anti-Erdogan protests continue in Istanbul over referendum results
Around 1,500 people have protested the outcome of Turkey's recent referendum in Istanbul. Earlier, the country's top election authority voted against annulling the referendum results further empowering President Erdogan.
Demonstrators in Istanbul's central Besiktas district chanted slogans on Wednesday evening, calling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a "murderer" and a "thief," as protests entered their fourth night since the vote to expand Erdogan's powers.
Protesters accused the Election Commission of partisanship over its decision to reject all opposition requests to annul Sunday's referendum result. By garnering the slimmest of majorities, with just over 51 percent of the vote, Erdogan has succeeded in consolidating his rule and granting sweeping powers to the presidency.
However, in Turkey's three largest cities - Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir - a majority voted "no." Although he basked in his referendum win, it's clear Erdogan would have preferred to consolidate his power with greater public support.
"For us it was an opportunity to reshape the narrative."
Omar Mirza and Khurram Mehtabdin are New York-based doctors with expectedly demanding work schedules. Yet, the two manage to find time for their passion project: a comic series called Zindan (Urdu and Persian for prison). Their comics draw on the rich history of the Mughal Empire to introduce South Asian superheroes.
It might strike some as curious: how do two young doctors from New York end up telling fictionalised tales about Mughal India?
After speaking to them it becomes clear that their identity as Pakistani-Americans has largely informed their decision to explore this theme.
There are no clear winners in South Sudan's war
With about 3.5 million uprooted from their homes, children are the biggest losers in South Sudan's war.
Kajo Keji Country, South Sudan - With their faces and clothes caked in dust after a long, gruelling bus journey, we are greeted by dozens of hungry and tired-looking rebels at a camp near the South Sudan-Uganda border.
Carrying AK-47 assault rifles, machetes, grenade launchers and even bows and arrows, the rebels, who have been brought in as reinforcements, have no time to rest and quickly prepare for the front lines.
Their commanders are uncomfortable that government troops are only 15km away.
The rebels belong to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO) group, the country's main rebel group, who are fighting against government soldiers, also known as the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA).
Japanese heavy metal band denied U.S. entry; club cites Trump policy
Loudness, a decades-old Japanese heavy metal band which has a history of performing overseas, has been denied entry into the United States due apparently to the immigration policy under President Donald Trump.
"Due to the new strict policies the U.S. government has placed on foreigners entering the country, Loudness was denied entry into the United States," the club Reggies, where the band planned to perform, said on its website.
The members of the band were denied entry at a Chicago airport Tuesday and headed back to Japan several hours later, cancelling their tour which would have taken them to seven locations in the United States, according to the agency Katana Music.
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