The death toll has risen to 247, but the number of dead and missing was uncertain given the thousands of vacationers in the area.

The U.S. mainland and the Pacific are now "within the striking range" of the North's army, KCNA reported Kim as saying.

The Nigerian military said the air force carried out a “most unprecedented and spectacular air raid” that killed about 300 militants.

The newly-discovered Proxima b is just a little bigger than the Earth and has a startlingly short year, orbiting its star every 11.2 days.

"We need construction machinery to open up roads ... and we may need more in the days ahead,” a senior Turkish official said.

Arayik Khandoyan, in particular, wants to become the chief of Tsaghkahovit community in Armenia’s Aragatsotn province.

The goal is to have a fully self-driving taxi fleet by 2018, which will help sharply cut the number of cars on Singapore's congested roads.

Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said seven students, three policemen and two security guards were killed during the attack

"The Colombian government and the FARC announce that we have reached a final, full and definitive accord," the two sides said.

Karabakh Defense Army troops mainly remained committed to the ceasefire and retaliated only in case of extreme necessity.