Nuclear weapons

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea and the United States traded escalating threats, with President Donald Trump threatening Pyongyang “with fire and fury like the world has never seen” and the North’s military claiming Wednesday it was examining its plans for attacking Guam. The comments follow reports that North Korea has mastered a crucial […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military commander in the Pacific said Tuesday that North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles represents a clear and direct threat to the United States and its allies in the region. Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that […]