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U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 6 that the United States had demonstrated its commitment to NATO's defense through words and actions, and called on Russia to end its "destabilizing" action in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world.

The standoff over North Korea’s nuclear program has long been shaped by the view that the United States has no viable military option to destroy it. Any attempt to do so, many say, would provoke a brutal counterattack against South Korea too bloody and damaging to risk.

The United States toughened its military pressure and invective against nuclear-armed North Korea on Wednesday, conducting a missile maneuver with South Korea, hinting of a possible return to war with the North and proposing wider United Nations sanctions against “any country that does business with this outlaw regime.”

South Korea and the United States fired off missiles on July 5 simulating a precision strike against North Korea's leadership, in response to a landmark missile test described by Kim Jong-Un as a gift to "American bastards."

U.S. President Donald Trump meets other world leaders at Germany's G-20 summit from July 7, with conflicts looming over climate, trade and other global issues both inside and outside the heavily fortified venue.

The U.S. Army and South Korean military responded to North Korea's latest launch with their own exercise of missiles, launching them Wednesday into South Korean territorial waters along the country's eastern coastline, U.S. Pacific Command said in a statement.

North Korea said on July 4 that it successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time, which flew a trajectory that experts said could allow a weapon to hit the U.S. state of Alaska. 

North Korea said on Tuesday that it had successfully conducted its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, claiming a milestone in its efforts to build nuclear weapons capable of hitting the mainland United States.

MUJU - Serbian female taekwondist Milica Mandic has won the gold medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in South Korea by beating reigning champion Hyeri Oh of South Korea 17-13 in the final of the under-73 kg tournament on Thursday.

Serbian taekwondist Milica Mandic has won the gold medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championship in South Korea.

The Olympic gold medalist from London beat reigning champion Hyeri Oh of South Korea 17-13 in the final of the under-73 kg tournament on Thursday, Tanjug reported.