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North Korea fires missile over Japan

People walking in front of Japanese TV showing missile flight path

Japan, which warned its citizens to take shelter, calls the missile launch an "unprecedented" threat.

  • 29 August 2017
  • From the section Asia

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Fears for French girl who disappeared

The nine-year-old vanished during wedding celebrations and extensive searches have found nothing.

  • 29 August 2017
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Judge says India rapist guru 'wild beast'

  • 29 August 2017
  • From the section India

Dhaka factory disaster owner jailed

  • 29 August 2017
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Canada cycle police nab top US suspect

Features & Analysis

'Extremely bold'

Why new N Korea launch is especially troubling

  • 29 August 2017
  • From the section Asia

Love and hate

'I was a neo-Nazi. Then I fell for a black woman'

  • 29 August 2017
  • From the section Magazine

Grave memories

How the discovery of WW2's sunken USS Indianapolis affected survivors

  • 29 August 2017
  • From the section UK

Chapter and verse

Why I became a jihadist poetry critic

  • 29 August 2017
  • From the section Magazine

Where's the frisson?

Macron needs to reconnect with sceptical French

  • 29 August 2017
  • From the section Europe

Banking bonanza

How Frankfurt is winning the battle for Brexit spoils

  • 29 August 2017
  • From the section Business

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