North Korea claims successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
If claim of ICBM launch is confirmed, it could move regime closer to being able to strike US mainland
North Korea claims to have conducted its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, a development that, if confirmed, could move the regime closer to being able to strike the US mainland and dramatically strengthen its hand in negotiations with Washington.
The claim contradicts earlier reports by the US military that the North had test-fired an intermediate-range weapon. Analysts said data suggested the missile has the range to strike Alaska but not other parts of the continental US.
In a rare announcement on state North Korean television, an emotional newsreader said Kim Jong-un had personally overseen the “landmark” test of a Hwasong-14 missile.
What is the truth behind claims east London Muslims are being targeted by acid attackers?
After the attack on Resham Khan and her cousin Jameel Muhktar, some Muslim residents of east London have been afraid to leave their homes
A spate of acid attacks has left some Muslim residents of east London afraid to leave their homes.
Fears have been heightened after 21-year-old aspiring model Resham Khan and her cousin Jameel Muhktar, 37, suffered horrific injuries when an attacker squirted acid through their car window in Newham, east London, on 21 June.
Police initially said they had no evidence the attack was racially or religiously motivated.
They reclassified it as a hate crime, however, after Mr Muhktar insisted Islamophobia was involved, and after posts expressing sympathy for the far-right were allegedly found on the Facebook page of John Tomlin, 24, who is being sought for questioning in relation to the incident.
Turkey’s ‘Justice March’ leaves Erdogan with difficult options
Latest update : 2017-07-04
When the leader of Turkey’s main secular opposition party began a march for justice from Ankara to Istanbul, it caught everyone by surprise. But as the protest nears its endpoint, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces tough options.
In a country that has seen a silencing of virtually all forms of opposition against the government, a startling spectacle has been unfolding in Turkey over the past few weeks.
Since June 15, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of Turkey’s main secular opposition CHP (Republican People’s Party), has been leading a daring 450-kilometre protest march from Ankara to Istanbul.
Since he took over the CHP in 2010, the dull, retiring Kilicdaroglu has been widely considered an ineffective politician, a personification of Turkey’s emasculated opposition helplessly watching Erdogan win every round of the Turkish political game.
US denies visa to Gambian school robotics team
Robot built by high school students in The Gambia will be shipped to Washington, DC, for event without its inventors.
Azad Essa & Colin Baker
Five teenage pupils from The Gambia who built a robot for a prestigious international competition in the United States will not be able to accompany their invention to the event after being denied a visa.
The Gambian pupils become the second team of students refused entry to the US to attend the FIRST Global robotics event in Washington, DC, on July 16-18. On Saturday, it was reported that an all-girls team from Afghanistan were also denied a visa to travel to the US to showcase their creation at the same competition.
Moktar Darboe, director of The Gambia's ministry of higher education, research, science and technology, told Al Jazeera that the team, made up of high school pupils aged 17-18, were "very disappointed".
When a photographer became a volunteer firefighter
Cam Neville looked out from the truck and caught a glimpse of burning red lines leading to a location called Hellfire Pass.
It was his first night volunteering with the local fire brigade, and the Australian photographer felt anxious. What was he about to encounter?
"Certainly I had a flutter of nervousness," he told the BBC. "Growing up in England, I'd never seen anything quite like that."
He did not get near the blaze that night, but since then he has encountered others.
Australia depends an army of volunteers to protect its sprawling country from devastating bushfires.
Mr Neville signed up to join them on Queensland's Gold Coast hinterland, believing it was the only way he could take photographs from the front line.
Abe 'immature' to raise voice against protesting voters in Akihabara: expert
(Mainichi Japan)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised to provide a "careful explanation" to the public in the wake of the Kake Educational Institution and Moritomo Gakuen scandals that have stirred up suspicions of favoritism. However, there did not appear to be room for such explanations when Abe was confronted by chants to step down during a campaign stop for the recent Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election. Instead, he criticized protesting voters for interrupting the campaign, and with a raised voice said, "We cannot lose to people like this."
Abe, who has scored overwhelming victories in national elections, has viewed Tokyo's Akihabara district as a "sacred" site where his supporters can be seen waving "Hinomaru" national flags. But July 1, the day of his campaign stop, was different. A group holding up a banner saying "Quit, Abe" gathered in front of Akihabara Station, creating a tense atmosphere before the prime minister spoke. When Abe took the microphone, calls of "Go home" arose, and then a large crowd of people started chanting "Quit." Pointing from the top of a campaign car, Abe criticized the voters.
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