Kim oversees missile tests as N. Korea boosts maritime security

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test firing of a "new-type surface-to-sea missile", state media reported Thursday, part of a purported fresh drive to ramp up maritime border security. So far this year, Kim has declared South Korea his country's "principal enemy", jettisoned agencies dedicated to reunification and outreach,

Cyprus seeking to open Gaza maritime aid corridor

Cyprus said Tuesday it was intensifying efforts to get concrete support to open a maritime corridor for the delivery of aid to war-torn Gaza from the eastern Mediterranean island. President Nikos Christodoulides said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the issue after raising it with European Union