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North Korea Newspaper Reports US Aircraft Could Be Sunk With Single Strike
North Korea is "ready to sink" a US aircraft carrier heading for the peninsula, state media have said.
A commentary in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper warned that the USS Carl Vinson could be sunk "with a single strike".
A battle group headed by the Vinson is expected off the peninsula this week. It was despatched by President Donald Trump amid a warning that US "strategic patience" over the North's nuclear ambitions had come to an end.
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Afghanistan Defence Minister & Army Chief Resign Following Base Attack By IS
Afghanistan's defence minister and army chief of staff have resigned in the wake of a Taliban attack that left scores of soldiers dead, the presidential palace says.
The attack happened on Friday at an army base near Mazar-e Sharif.
Insurgents targeted troops leaving Friday prayers at the base's mosque and in a canteen, the army said. It was the Taliban's deadliest attack on the armed forces since US-led forces drove them from power in 2001.
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Off Duty Policewoman Carries Gun Through LAX Airport Security
An off-duty policewoman flew from Los Angeles international airport (LAX) to Taiwan with a gun in her hand luggage.
The weapon was not detected during security screening and Noell Grant only realised she was carrying it as she changed planes in Taipei.
She informed the local authorities and she has been barred from leaving Taiwan until the matter is resolved.
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Paris Policeman Shot Dead & Two Others Injured
The gunman who shot dead a policeman in Paris on Thursday has been identified from papers left in his car, but French officials are yet to release his name.
Local media say the 39-year-old lived in the city's suburbs, and had been seen as a potential Islamist radical. The gunman wounded two police officers before being shot dead by security forces on the Champs Elysees.
A pump-action shotgun and knives were found in his car, the French TV station BFMTV reported. Another man suspected of possible links to the attack has turned himself in to Belgian police.
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Terrorist Attack Drivers Face Being Shot By UK Police
Police may now have to shoot terrorists at the wheel of vehicles to stop them being used in attacks, the national lead for armed policing has said.
Officers were previously told not to shoot drivers of moving vehicles because of the additional dangers it posed, Simon Chesterman said. But he said the approach had changed in the wake of attacks such as those in Westminster, Nice and Berlin. He added officers now had ammunition to penetrate doors and windows.
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Attack Near Monastery In Egypt Carried Out By IS
One policeman has been killed by gunmen who opened fire on a checkpoint near St Catherine's monastery in Egypt's south Sinai, officials say.
Another three police officers were injured in the attack several hundred metres from the church entrance. So-called Islamic State group said its fighters carried out the attack.
Located at the foot of Mount Sinai, St Catherine's is one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world and a Unesco world heritage site. It is part of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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US Aircraft Carrier Did Not Sail Towards North Korea
A US aircraft carrier and other warships did not sail towards North Korea - but went in the opposite direction, it has emerged.
The US Navy said on 8 April that the Carl Vinson strike group was travelling to the Korean peninsula amid tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
Last week President Trump said an "armada" was being sent. But the group was actually farther away over the weekend, moving through the Sunda Strait into the Indian Ocean.
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New Russian Arctic Military Base Shown On 'Virtual Tour'
Visitors to the Russian defence ministry website can now take a "virtual tour" of a new military base in a remote region of the Arctic.
Such media openness contrasts markedly with Russia's traditional military secrecy. However, the tour does not show any new military hardware.
The Arctic Trefoil permanent base is in Franz Josef Land, a huge ice-covered, desolate archipelago. The Russian military sees the resource-rich Arctic as a key strategic region.
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Two Arrested In France On Terror Charges Ahead Of Election
Five days before the first round of France's presidential election, two men have been arrested on suspicion of planning an imminent attack.
The suspects, aged 23 and 29, were detained in Marseille by elite police and domestic intelligence agents after a search that had lasted several days. Both men were said to have been radicalised in prison.
France remains under a state of emergency after a series of attacks that have claimed some 230 lives.
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Mike Pence Visits South Korea To Reaffirm Ties
US Vice-President Mike Pence has said his country's "era of strategic patience" with North Korea is over.
Mr Pence first made the remarks at the demilitarised zone (DMZ), the area dividing the two Koreas, during a visit to South Korea to reaffirm ties.
His visit comes amid escalated tensions on the peninsula, with heated rhetoric from both North Korea and the US.
He arrived in Seoul on Sunday hours after North Korea carried out a failed missile launch.
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