North Korea Plans Nuclear Test And Says Rocket Programme Is Targeted At US -- The Guardian
Long-range rockets and proposed 'high-level nuclear test' are targeted at 'arch-enemy of the Korean people', Pyongyang says
North Korea has responded to tighter UN sanctions with a threat to conduct another nuclear test the regime said would target its greatest enemy, the US.
The country's powerful national defence commission poured scorn on Tuesday's UN security council resolution condemning the launch last month of a long-range rocket, and the decision to expand sanctions against the already impoverished state.
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MIDDLE EAST
Syrian jets bomb rebel-held areas near Damascus.
REPORT: Saudi Arabia sent 1,200 death row inmates to fight in Syria.
France says Syria situation stagnant, no positive signs.
Turkey-PKK peace talks hit new snag.
Palestinians say they may have no choice but to take Israel to Hague court.
Tribal movement wins Jordan vote, Islamists to protest.
ASIA
N. Korea hints at nuclear test following UN resolution.
China urges calm and restraint on North Korea nuclear test plan.
Pakistan admits to holding 700 militants without charge.
India issues Kashmir nuclear war advisory.
Japan turns Taiwan activists back from disputed islands.
Trial in India gang rape case begins in New Delhi
AFRICA
'We were so terrified': Jihadists leave trail of destruction, brutality in Mali town.
Mali army accused of 'summary executions'.
U.S., Africa say Mali action counters growing Islamist threat.
Mali rebel splinter group says it is ready for talks.
UK special forces active in Mali.
Algeria militants played shrewd media game.
CAR rebels break terms of cease-fire.
Two years since uprising, Egypt braces for more protests.
Britons should leave Benghazi immediately, says Foreign Office.
EUROPE
Fighting in volatile Chechnya kills 13 rebels, police: agency.
Azeri police use tear gas to break up protests.
Catalan lawmakers pass resolution on sovereignty.
Spain's unemployment rate reaches record high.
Malta parties fight "tablet war" as election nears.
Slovenian government on verge of collapse.
Russian pollster says approval for Putin at 12-year low.
AMERICAS
Arctic freeze turns U.S. from Minnesota to Maine into cities of ice as country faces day 4 of cold snap with temperatures plummeting below -36F.
Venezuelan VP accuses 'infiltrators' of murder plot against him.
Spanish newspaper withdraws 'fake photo' of Hugo Chávez.
Mexico quashes Frenchwoman's kidnap charge, ends seven-year ordeal.
Report: US unions continue steady decline.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
UN launches inquiry into drone killings.
U.S. drone kills six suspected al Qaeda members in Yemen: sources.
9/11 defendants seek to preserve CIA sites where they were tortured.
Insight: In Amenas attack brings global jihad home to Algeria.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Still no timetable for returning Boeing 787 to flight.
Japan rejects currency war fears.
Apple's weak results spark fresh round of price target cuts.
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