BANGKOK—Japan’s government vowed not to give in to terrorism after Islamic State militants released a videotaped threat to kill two Japanese citizens held hostage. A man clad in black and speaking with a British accent said, in a video posted online Tuesday, that unless $200 million is paid to his group, two Japanese men will […]
BEIJING—North Korea on Thursday threatened to carry out a fresh nuclear test in response to a U.N. committee’s condemnation of Pyongyang’s alleged human rights abuses. In a statement Thursday, the North’s foreign ministry said Pyongyang will be “unable to refrain any longer” from conducting a fourth nuclear test after the United Nations moved to bring […]
