North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles within four hours on Thursday, Pentagon officials confirmed to FOX News.

While the surface-to-ship missiles, with a range of less than 62 miles, are not capable of reaching Japan, the test-fires are a move that aggravates the already high tensions following Pyongyang's recent nuclear test and U.N. sanctions imposed as punishment.

The missiles were fired from the eastern coastal city of Wonsan on Thursday afternoon and evening, a ministry official said on condition of anonymity citing department policy.

"One was fired at 5:20 p....

U.S.: American Soldier Captured in Afghanistan

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BREAKING NEWS —  Insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Thursday.

Spokeswoman Capt. Elizabeth Mathias said the soldier went missing Tuesday.

"We are using all of our resources to find him and provide for his safe return," Mathias said.

Mathias did not provide details on the soldier, the location where he was captured or the cir...

Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden has died. He was 97.

Malden won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' in 1951.

His film debut came much earlier, in the 1940 movie 'They Knew What They Wanted.'

In his long career, he appeared in 'On The Waterfront' and 'Patton,' but his biggest success was on the small screen: Malden starred as Detective Mike Stone in the 1970s TV series 'The Streets of San Francisco.'

He was honoured by the Screen Actors Guild in 2004 with a Life Achievement Award, for career achievement and humanitarian acc...

Former U.S. lawmaker and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney, whose relief boat was seized by an Israeli naval ship Tuesday for the second time in a year, is demanding the immediate release of her and 20 other activists.

McKinney, a longtime supporter of Palestinians, said her Greek-flagged boat, the Spirit of Humanity, was carrying medical supplies, cement, olive trees and children's toys to Gaza when it was boarded by the Israeli navy.

"This is an outrageous violation of international law against us," said McKinney. "Our boat was not in Israeli waters and we were on a human righ...

MEXICO CITY, April 28 (Reuters) - Mexico's Senate approved a bill on Tuesday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of narcotics for personal use, in order to free resources to fight violent drug cartels.

The bill, proposed by conservative President Felipe Calderon, would make it legal to carry up to 5 grams (0.18 ounces) of marijuana, 500 milligrams (0.018 ounces) of cocaine and tiny quantities of other drugs such as heroin and methamphetamines.

Mexico's Congress passed a similar proposal in 2006 but the bill was vetoed by Calderon's predecessor Vicente Fox, under pressure from the United States, which said it would increase drug abuse, but now is worried b...