The U.S., which stations over 28,000 troops in South Korea, has joined its ally in their annual Freedom Shield exercise to strengthen interoperability with an eye on the North. Pyongyang fired multiple ballistic missiles in apparent warning as the drills kicked off Monday. It was the North Korean missile launch of 2025.

North Korea denounced joint military drills between the US and South Korea saying the South Korean Air Force’s recent bombing mistake shows the risk of the region unintentionally getting dragged into a new armed conflict.

North Korea on Wednesday continued to denounce joint military drills by South Korea and the United States, claiming South Korean jet fighters' latest accidental bombing of a village was an "ominous" sign that points to the danger of the exercise.

The captain of the Solong cargo ship who was arrested after crashing into an oil tanker off the English coast is a Russian national, the vessel’s owner said Wednesday, as maritime experts search for answers.

The captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker is a Russian national who remains in U.K. police custody.

A 4-year-old was killed and two other people were seriously injured after a fire broke out in a two-family home in North Adams late Tuesday night, fire officials said. North Adams firefighters went to 188 West Shaft Road for a report of a possible fire just after 11:30 p.

An overnight fire in North Adams killed one person and left two others badly hurt. Resale values have collapsed in recent years, with the average price of a used Tesla now $10,000 less than that of a non-Tesla electric car.