North Korea fires missiles as regional tensions rise

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Recent world-news coverage highlights North Korea’s missile launch as the most urgent developing story, with reports noting missiles fired toward the Sea of Japan/East Sea shortly after South Korea’s maritime drills. The launch adds to an already tense security environment in Northeast Asia and could prompt responses from South Korea, Japan, and the United States. Other notable headlines in the same news cycle include the BRICS-related Xi-Modi meeting and a deadly road collision in northern Russia, but the missile launch is the clearest live security flashpoint in the available reporting.

Sources: NDTV, Reuters