U.S. slams Japanese mayor’s sex-slave comments as ‘offensive’
The United States condemned as “outrageous and offensive” comments by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said this week that Japan’s military brothels during World War Two were “necessary” to provide respite for soldiers.
U.S. woman sailor uses thighs to send would-be Dubai rapist packing
An off-duty U.S. Navy sailor on her way back to her ship in a Middle Eastern port, fended off a [...]
U.S.-Palestinian boy faces Israel trial for throwing rocks
A 14-year-old boy with dual U.S.-Palestinian citizenship went before an Israeli military court on Thursday accused of throwing rocks at Israeli cars in the occupied West Bank.
North Korean army says it has ‘ratified’ nuclear strike against U.S.
North Korea said it had “ratified” a merciless attack against the United States, potentially involving a “diversified nuclear strike”.
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South Korea vows fast response to North; U.S. deploys stealth jets
South Korea will strike back quickly if the North stages any attack, the new president in Seoul warned on Monday, as tensions ratcheted higher on the Korean peninsula amid shrill rhetoric from Pyongyang and the U.S. deployment of radar-evading fighter planes.
North Korea readies rockets after U.S. show of force
North Korea put its missile units on standby on Friday to attack U.S. military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force