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An attempted missile launch by North Korea has failed and exploded on launch, South Korean and United States sources are claiming. The missile exploded in the east coast city of Sinpo, and is the latest in a long-running series of failures in North Korea's missile testing program. Even in failure, however, the North can still collect valuable data which will aid in improving and perfecting their missiles. LATEST NORTH KOREAN MISSILE TEST ENDS WITH EXPLOSION ON LAUNCH The attempted launch comes after a series of high-profile statements from North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and U.S president Donald Trump, with the region appearing to be edging closer to war than it has done in decades. The missile launch was likely a show of defiance from Kim Jong-Un who has made several statements over the last few weeks stating that his country will continue nuclear missile tests regardless of international pressure to stop, or U.S troop movements close to his borders. The North Korean state...

Several American F-35A Lightning II multi-functional fighter-bombers will be temporarily deployed in Europe for joint exercises with NATO allies. Photo: Flickr / US Air Force The US will deploy several F-35A Lightning II multi-functional fighter-bombers to Europe in order to conduct planned military exercises, the Inside Defense information portal reported, citing a press release of the Pentagon. “The aircraft are scheduled to conduct training with other US and NATO aircraft, based in Europe, for several weeks as part of the European Reassurance Initiative,” the press release reads. As an officer of the US Air Force , Mark Graff, told the Anadolu news agency, from six to ten F-35As will be deployed in the UK. The deployment will be conducted within the framework of the program of guarantees to the European allies, which was started by the Barack Obama’s administration under the pretext of combating “Russian aggression.” According to the US Military Department, the exercises will allow ...

According to the latest hackers’ report, the US National Security Agency has managed to intervene in the financial systems of Middle Eastern and Latin American countries. Photo: Reuters / Jim Urquhart Hackers of the Shadow Brokers group have revealed documents, according to which US intelligence could intervene in the financial systems of countries of the Middle East and Latin America, the Reuters news agency reported. The latest release of the group, named ‘Lost in Translation’, lists Qatar First Investment Bank, Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange and Tadhamon International Islamic Bank as allegedly compromised. As a cyber security consultant, Shane Shook, who helped banks investigate violations of their SWIFT systems, told the news agency, the hackers’ release included a computer program code, which can be adapted by criminals to break into servers of the interbank financial messaging system in order to monitor the activity of credit institutions. Reuters noted that some documents,...

The usage of the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast was another attempt of the Donald Trump’s administration to use force as a tool for solving political problems. Photo: laprensa.hn On Thursday, the US for the first time used its most powerful non-nuclear bomb in combat conditions, targeting terrorists of the Islamic State (IS) group . Reportedly, the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), also known as the ‘Mother Of All Bombs’, was dropped by the MC-130 aircraft on IS terrorists and their system of tunnels in Achin district in the Afghan province of Nangarhar. According to the latest report of the AFP news agency, over 90 terrorists of the IS were killed in the aerial attack. “At least 92 IS militants were killed in the bombing,” head of Achin district of Nangarhar province, Ismail Shinwari, told the news agency. At the same time, the Tolo News TV-channel reported, citing the Afghan authorities, that at least four ringleaders of the local IS cell were killed in the US airstrike. A...