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North Korea says its latest missile launches were a simulation of “scorched earth” nuclear strikes on South Korea SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Thursday its latest missile launches simulated “scorched earth” nuclear strikes on South Korea and that it’s also been rehearsing an occupation of its rivals’ territory in the event of conflict. Pyongyang has previously tested nuclear -capable missiles and described how it would use them in potential wars with South Korea and the U.S. But the North’s disclosure of detailed war plans reaffirmed its aggressive nuclear doctrine to intimidate its opponents, as it escalates its protest of the ongoing South Korean-U.S. Military exercises that it views as a major security threat, observers say. North Korea’s military said it fired two tactical ballistic missiles from the capital on Wednesday night to practice “scorched earth strikes” at major command centers and operational airfields in South Korea, according to the official Korean Central ...

Russian officials say air defenses intercepted drones heading toward three of the country’s western regions Russian officials said Friday that air defenses intercepted drones heading toward three of the country’s western regions, while satellite images indicated that a major drone barrage earlier in the week destroyed at least two Ilyushin Il-76 military transport planes at a Russian air base. Regional governors said defense systems stopped three drones in the Kursk, Belgorod and Moscow regions. Moscow airports briefly halted flights but no major damage or injuries were reported, according to Russian authorities. Drones aimed at targets inside Russia — and blamed by Moscow on Ukraine — have become almost a daily occurrence as the war has entered its 19th month and Kyiv’s forces pursue a counteroffensive. Recently, the drones have reached deeper into Russia. Kyiv officials normally neither claim nor deny responsibility for attacks on Russian soil. The apparent Ukrainian strategy is to u...

The U.S. has the right to retaliate after American forces were attacked at least 13 times in the last week by Iran-backed groups, Biden said The U.S. retains the ability to defend itself and hasn't ruled out retaliatory operations after the Pentagon said American forces were attack ed by Iran-backed militants at least 13 times in the Middle East in the last week, President Joe Biden said Wednesday. "My warning to the ayatollah [is] that if they continue to move against those troops, we will respond, and he should be prepared," Biden told reporters, referring to Iran's supreme leader. Pentagon officials have echoed that. "We will always maintain the inherent right of self-defense. And if there is a response, should we choose to have one, we would do that at a time and place of our choosing," Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters on Tuesday. "We are preparing for this escalation both in terms of defending our forces and responding decisively," he said...

U.S. moves aircraft carrier towards the Middle East after attacks on U.S. forces, presumably by Iranian-backed forces. The Pentagon announced late Saturday that it will send an aircraft carrier and air defense systems to defend U.S. military troops in response to a growing number of attacks on U.S. facilities, presumably by Iranian-backed groups as tensions mount amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. Additional U.S. military forces in the U.S. have also been placed in a higher state of readiness for a possible future deployment to the Middle East on short notice. In a major change, the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower and its strike group of a cruiser and destroyers is being redirected to the Middle East instead of to the eastern Mediterranean where it was supposed to join the USS Ford strike group as an additional deterrent for Iran and Hezbollah from broadening the co NFL ict between Hamas and Israel. MORE: US Navy destroyer in Red Sea shoots down cruise missiles fired by Houthis in Yemen:...

Aid deliveries have begun moving into the besieged Gaza Strip, two weeks after the militant group Hamas rampaged through southern Israel and Israel responded with airstrikes Aid deliveries have begun moving into the besieged Gaza Strip, two weeks after the militant group Hamas rampaged through southern Israel and Israel responded with airstrikes. Israel says Hamas has freed two American hostages who had been held in Gaza since the war began Oct. 7. Israeli airstrikes continued to hit southern Gaza, an area swollen by civilians who fled there from the north on Israeli instructions. Israel’s military spokesman said the country planned to step up its attacks starting Saturday as preparation for the next stage of its war on Hamas. The war, which is in its 15th day on Saturday, is the deadliest of five Gaza wars for both sides. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said Saturday that the death toll has reached 4,385, while 13,561 people have been wounded. More than 1,400 people in Israel have ...

The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday urged U.S. airlines and pilots to "use caution" when flying in Israeli airspace. Hundreds of people have died and thousands more are injured in Israel and Gaza after Hamas militants fired rockets from Gaza into Israel Saturday, Israeli authorities said. The Israeli Defense Forces have declared "a state of alert for war," according to a statement issued by the IDF early Saturday morning. Is there a travel advisory to Israel? The U.S. State Department is advising citizens to exercise increased caution if Travel ing to Israel or West Bank due to "terrorism and civil unrest," and it currently has a "do not Travel " advisory for Gaza. The department said in an update Sunday that the situation "remains dynamic; mortar and rocket fire may take place without warning." MORE: How will America respond to the attack against Israel? Is travel to Israel suspended? The Federal Aviation Administration on...

Satellite images confirm that multiple ships in the Russian Black Sea fleet have been moved to the Russian port of Novorossiysk. LONDON -- Satellite image s confirm that multiple ships in the Russian Black Sea fleet, which analysts and Ukrainian navy sources tell ABC News would usually be kept in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, have been moved to the Russian port of Novorossiysk. This comes after sustained Ukrainian attacks on Sevastopol over the last few weeks. Russian military ships in the port of Novorossiysk on October 1st, 2023 Planet Labs PBC The images, provided by Planet Labs, were taken Oct. 1 and they show the protected port on Russia’s Black Sea coast with a variety of military vessels visible, including landing ships, frigates and patrol ships. Dmitry Gorenburg, Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Naval Analyses, tells ABC News that at least eight of the ships visible "were definitely previously based in Sevastopol." A closer look at ships in the port o...

The trial of 10 men accused over the 2016 suicide bombings at Brussels airport and an underground metro station starts in earnest this week BRUSSELS -- Jaana Mettala was six months pregnant and on her way to work when the bomb exploded in the heart of Brussels' European Union quarter. She suffered severe burns, but Mettala and her baby survived — 32 other people did not. It's now more than six years since the deadliest peacetime attacks on Belgian soil. And Mettala yearns for closure as the trial of 10 men accused over the suicide bombings at Brussels airport and an underground metro station starts in earnest Monday. “I hope that the trial ends with a fair result and we can put this behind us," Mettala said. “Even if there are after-effects that we will keep forever." She is going to testify at the trial — which will be the biggest in Belgium’s judicial History with hundreds of plaintiffs. It is expected to last between six and nine months. The 10 defendants face ...