North Korea Fires Short-Range Missiles Second Day In A Row

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North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast on Sunday, a day after launching three of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said, ignoring calls for restraint from Western powers.

Although launches of short-range missiles are not uncommon by the communist state, but its recent warnings of impending nuclear war, and other related actions have raised concerns about the region’s security.

“North Korea fired a short-range missile as it did yesterday into its east sea in the afternoon, ” South Korea’s news agency Yonhap reported, citing a military official.

A South Korean defense ministry official confirmed the Yonhap report, but did not provide any details.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was concerned about North Korea’s launch of short-range missiles, urging Pyonyang to refrain from further launches and return to stalled nuclear talks with world powers.

Syrian missiles target Tel Aviv – media

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Israel’s second largest city Tel Aviv has allegedly got in the crosshairs of Syria’s Scud ballistic missiles, media report. The escalation of tensions has followed the Israeli air strike at a military research center near Damascus, Iranian media say.
Last week, a group of Israeli warplanes reportedly bombed a truck column near the Syria-Lebanon border that was believed to be transporting weapons for the Lebanese Hezbollah.
Syria vowed to retaliate for the attack. Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Abdul-Karim Ali, said Damascus had “the option and the surprise to retaliate” and added he couldn’t predict when the response attack would take place, saying it was up to the “relevant authorities” to prepare for it.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry also warned Tel Aviv about grievous repercussions for the strike on the Syrian territory.

TROUBLESOME: N Korea testfires tactical missiles

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The North Korean military has fired a salvo of tactical surface-to-surface missiles into the Sea of Japan.

The missiles were KN-02s, capable of hitting targets at distances of up to 120 kilometers.

South Korean defence officials have described the exercises as division-level.

Voice of Russia, Interfax