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During Kim’s 10-year rule, North Korea has performed 62 rounds of ballistic missile tests, compared with nine rounds during his grandfather and state founder Kim Il Sung’s 46-year rule, and 22 rounds during Kim Jong Il’s 17-year rule.
The country's leader Kim Jong Un avoided direct mention of the United States in a speech to mark the 75th anniversary of the ruling party
"The world community must give the people of Kashmir the right of self determination" says Pakistan's Prime Minister at the UN. Imran Khan's warning of bloodshed also included the possibility that its dispute with India over the territory could escalate into an all-out nuclear war. "Two nuclear armed countries will come face to face," he says, "and before we head in that direction, the United Nations has a responsibility".(COMPLETES VID 1KP4XI_EN)
Wendy Sherman, who served as US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in the Obama administration, told FRANCE 24 of her concern at the possibility of an "Arab-Persian conflict" that would pit Iran against Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
A senior United Nations official arrives in North Korea for a rare visit aimed at defusing soaring tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.