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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea hasn't confirmed that it has test-fired a ballistic missile, but the U.S. Strategic Command says it detected and tracked a missile that splashed into the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. North Korea warned recently that it was ready to test its first intercontinental ballistic missile. The Strategic Command says the missile it tracked is believed to have been a medium- or intermediate-range missile, not an ICBM.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official and local residents say a joint operation carried out by U.S. and Afghan forces last week killed 22 civilians from two families. The presidential envoy for security in the southern Helmand province says Thursday's raid against the Taliban killed 13 people from one family and nine from another. A U.S. military spokesman says "we are working diligently to determine whether civilians were killed or injured as a result of U.S. airstrikes" carried out to support Afghan forces.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's chief policy adviser says the White House is exploring "all of our options" after a federal appeals court handed the administration a legal setback on Trump's executive order on immigration. Stephen Miller tells NBC's "Meet the Press" that the White House could pursue "additional executive actions" as well as judicial appeals. He also criticized judges for taking "power for themselves that belong squarely in the hands" of the president.
JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the most famous Catholic churches in the Holy Land has reopened with a special Mass, two years after an arson attack blamed on Jewish extremists. The 2015 arson caused extensive damage to the church on the shore of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin attended today's reopening ceremony at the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish, saying he wanted "to say loud and clearly, that hate cannot win."
SAO PAULO (AP) — Police say former Syracuse University and Boston Celtics center Fab Melo has died in his native Brazil. Military police say the 26-year-old was found dead last night by police and paramedics responding to an emergency call at his house. There were no signs of violence. The 7-foot Melo was a star at Syracuse and a first-round pick in 2012 by the Boston Celtics.
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