Abe's ruling conservative coalition was on track to win more than 310 seats in the 465-seat parliament, according to a projection from public broadcaster NHK, handing the premier a two-thirds 'super-majority'.

Shinzo Abe cruises to 'super-majority' win in Japan vote

Abe and Trump spoke by telephone after the Japanese premier's ruling coalition scored a big win in an election on Sunday.

Abe, Trump agree to raise pressure on North Korea: Japan government

CIA director Mike Pompeo said President Donald Trump is determined to prevent North Korea from making the breakthrough 'whether it happens on Tuesday or a month from Tuesday.'

North Korea 'on the cusp of' nuke that could hit US: CIA chief

Titled 'Open Letter to Parliaments of Different Countries,' the note says North Korea is a nuclear power and will not be cowed by US President Donald Trump's threats to destroy it

North Korea warns threats a 'big miscalculation' in letter to Australia lawmakers

Clinton also called on China to take a "more out front role" in enforcing sanctions against North Korea aimed at curbing its missile and nuclear development

Hillary Clinton says US threats of war with N.Korea 'dangerous, short-sighted'

North Korea has warned that a nuclear war may break out at any time as the situation on the Korean peninsula has reached the 'touch-and-go point'

Nuclear war may break out at any time, warns North Korea

Propaganda fliers presumed to be?from?North?Korea?and calling US?President Donald Trump a "mad dog" have?turned?up?across central?Seoul, including near the presidential Blue House

'Mad dog' anti-Trump leaflets, suspected floated in from North Korea, turn up in Seoul

Germany and France led a chorus of warnings to the United States, normally the?EU's closest foreign policy ally, that any weakening of the agreement to prevent?Iran?obtaining nuclear weapons could have serious consequences for peace

EU vows to save Iran nuclear deal

A strike on Japan or South Korea would 'trigger a really dangerous situation, it would have catastrophic consequences', said Stoltenberg

NATO warns N.Korea military action would have 'devastating consequences'

Tensions over North Korea's weapons programme have soared in recent months, with Pyongyang launching a flurry of missiles and conducting its sixth and most powerful nuclear test last month

UAE stops issuing visas to North Koreans

US President Donald Trump may travel to the heavily fortified demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea when he visits South Korea next month, the South's Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday

Trump may visit demilitarised zone between North and South Korea: Report

Trump did not make clear to what he was referring, but his comments seemed to be a further suggestion that military action was on his mind

Trump says 'only one thing will work' with North Korea

The Iran nuclear accord was hammered out between six nuclear powers during President Obama's tenure

'Calm before the storm,' warns Trump on Iran, North Korea

The women are accused of rubbing toxic VX nerve agent, a chemical so deadly it is listed as a weapon of mass destruction, on his face

Women plead not guilty to murdering North Korea leader's half-brother

Trump wrote on Twitter that he 'is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man'

Trump contradicts Tillerson, dismisses talks with North Korea as 'waste of time'

China is making progress in enforcing sanctions imposed on North Korea, a US State Department official said on Thursday, and urged skeptical members of Congress not to rush to enact new ones before giving Beijing's efforts a chance to take effect

China support for North Korea clampdown growing: US official

The ministry said the companies, including joint ventures with Chinese firms, have 120 days to close from the date the United Nations resolution was adopted

N. Korean firms in China ordered to close by January

In a meeting with President Moon Jae-in on Thursday, national security adviser Chung Eui-Yong said he expected Pyongyang to act around Oct 10 and 18, but gave no details

South Korea expects more provocative acts by North Korea in mid-October

"I will dissolve the House of Representatives on the 28th of September," Abe told reporters.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe calls snap elections amid tensions with North Korea

North Korea's foreign minister Ri Yong-ho threatened to shoot down US bombers

Trump declared war on our country: North Korea

The Nifty closed below its key psychological 10,000-mark and the broader markets cracked 3 percent

North Korea bombing threats spooks Sensex

Trump during his maiden address to the United Nations on Tuesday had said he would "totally destroy" North Korea and called Kim a "rocket man" on a suicide mission

North Korea's Kim calls Trump 'deranged' as Korean peninsula simmers

The drill was conducted in South Korea's Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) with 700 troops involved in the exercise.

WATCH: US, South Korea joint military drill aims to 'fight tonight' against North Korea

North Korea's foreign minister likened US President Donald?Trump?to a 'barking dog' on Thursday, after?Trump?warned he would 'totally destroy' the North if it threatened the United States and its allies

North Korea shrugs off Trump as 'barking dog'

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