Hungary calls ruling outrageous, vows to 'protect security and people'
Pyongyang has fired 14 missiles into Japan Sea
Japan has begun conducting a series of emergency drills in response to the perceived threat of a North Korean missile strike. Pyongyang has test-fired more than a dozen missiles into the Japan Sea this year. Many experts believe North Korea is on the brink of producing nuclear weapons to top those missiles. As Henry Ridgwell reports from Kobe, many Japanese fear that as an ally of the United States, Japan could be targeted by North Korea or be caught in the crossfire of any conflict.
Plant operator TEPCO says it has yet to make a decision on what to do with more than 750,000 tons of contaminated water
Authorities in Japan are trying to decide what to do with the hundreds of thousands of metric tons of contaminated water being stored at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which went into meltdown following a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. As Henry Ridgwell reports from Tokyo, plant operator TEPCO is still studying whether it is safe to release the water into the Pacific Ocean, but scientists want a closer analysis of the water's radioactivity levels.
As North Korea and the United States up the rhetoric over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, long-held taboos are being broken in neighboring Japan, the only country to have suffered nuclear bombardment at the end of World War II. VOA's Henry Ridgwell reports from Tokyo.
Japanese Defense Ministry White Paper this week echoed reported concerns within US intelligence community, that Pyongyang has achieved key final step of miniaturizing nuclear warheads – enabling it to deliver atomic bombs
CITES meeting starts Tuesday in Geneva
The assessment comes as the US pushes for stricter controls following North Korea’s test this month of an intercontinental ballistic missile
New report details revival of Cold War tactic
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $375 million boost
Eastern European states accuse Moscow of energy blackmail
Warsaw is looking for concrete security guarantees, LNG imports
More than 10,000 migrants have arrived in the past four days at Italy's shores
Malaria infection often causes anemia, which can affect cognitive function
Analysts say support for death penalty was best predictor of vote for Brexit
It has been a year since Britain voted to leave the European Union by a narrow margin of 52 percent. After 12 months of political turmoil, analysts say British society is beginning to resemble that of the United States – with values dictating political divisions in society, rather than traditional party politics. Henry Ridgwell reports.
More than 81,000 migrants have arrived in Europe so far in 2017
Social media platforms amplify the concerns of everyday people and governments are starting to notice
Muslim communities fear further incidents following London mosque attack
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