Asia
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As thousands of soldiers mass at Kim Il-sung Square, Pyongyang tells US to end its dangerous ‘military hysteria’
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Several mid-level Isis commanders reportedly among dead after Moab strike ordered by Trump on complex in Nangarhar province
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches a military parade in Pyongyang on Saturday, marking the 105th ‘Day of the Sun’, the birth anniversary of the state’s founder Kim Il-sung
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Using ‘mother of all bombs’ in Afghanistan to kill 36 militants – at $450,000 each – will not change its reputation as a white elephant
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Donald Trump praises US forces following “mother of all bombs” strike
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Harris Binotti from Dumfries is charged with killing Gary Ferguson, who was found dead in Yangon last November
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During the Hindu Lal Kach festival in Dhaka, men and boys cover themselves in body paint and take part in processions through their local neighbourhoods wielding swords to ward off evil and welcome the Bengali new year 1424
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North Korea’s vice foreign minister blames the US for making problems on the Korean Peninsula on Friday
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Footage from 2003 shows the GBU-43/B bomb being tested at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Nicknamed the “mother of all bombs”, the GBU-43/B was used for the first time by the US military on Thursday to target a ‘tunnel complex’ used by the Islamic State’s Afghanistan affiliate.
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White House press secretary details US military’s use of the GBU-43/B weapon, targeted at a system of tunnels and caves used by Isis fighters in Afghanistan
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Responses from Syria, Russia, the UK, China, Iran and other countries after Donald Trump ordered a missile attack on the Syrian airbase from which chemical attacks were launched
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In the mining town of Paracale, 350km south of Manila, locals mine for gold by scavenging under the earth and diving into hazardous tunnels
North Korea's nuclear arsenal is real – how Trump will handle it is unknown