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Breaking news: NoKor, SoKor exchange fire over maritime border

South Korean Marines fired artillery shells across a disputed sea border Monday after North Korean shells from a live fire drill conducted by Pyongyang North Korea declared a no-sail warning on Monday for areas off its west coast near a disputed border with South Korea and has notified the South that it will conduct firing drills, a South Korean government official said. The area is near the so-called Northern Limit Line, drawn up at the end of the […]

Malaysia says missing plane crashed in Indian Ocean

(Reuters) – The Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared over two weeks ago crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday. New satellite analysis from Britain had shown that Flight MH370, with 239 people on board, was last seen in the middle of the Indian Ocean west of Perth, Australia, he said in a statement. “This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites,” Najib said. “It is therefore […]

Australia widens MH370 search following French satellite information

Australia has widened its search for a missing Malaysian Airlines flight after more airpower joined the effort. The move comes after French satellites spotted potential “floating debris” in the southern Indian Ocean.  Chinese and Japanese planes on Monday joined the renewed search effort for a Malaysian airliner that has been missing more than two weeks. Australian authorities have been scouring an area 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles) southwest of Perth after several satellite sightings of potential […]