Bloomberg The weapons North Korea launched travelled into the stratosphere and flew at a distance long enough to strike deep into South Korean territory, according to a South Korean assessment. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff did not indicate what was fired off of North Korea’s east coast and into the sea, but experts believe at least one ballistic missile ...

Bloomberg A wildfire engulfed three villages in the northwest of war-torn South Sudan, killing at least 31 people and destroying homes and livestock, a regional official said. Some 68 others were injured in the inferno that began in Korok county, part of Lol state, according to local Information Minister Mathok Wal. The cause of the fire. which was spread by ...

Bloomberg US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo cancelled a visit to Berlin on Tuesday at short notice, citing “pressing issues” that forced him to pull out of talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. “We look forward to rescheduling this important set of meetings,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said, without elaborating on the nature of the ...