US flies mission north of DMZ, sends message to North Korea

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In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer, assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., prepares to take off from Andersen AFB, Guam, on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. The Pentagon says B-1B bombers from Guam and F-15 fighter escorts from Okinawa, Japan, have flown a mission in international airspace over the waters east of North Korea. The U.S. says it’s the farthest north of the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Korean Peninsula that any American fighter or bomber has flown this century.(Staff Sgt. Joshua Smoot/U.S. Air force via AP)

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In combative UN debut, Trump comes out swinging against Iran, North Korea

US President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd Annual UN General Assembly in New York on September 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

US President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd Annual UN General Assembly in New York on September 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

US president blasts ‘murderous’ Tehran’s support for terror groups in the Middle East, condemns ‘Rocket man’ Kim Jong Un and his treatment of Jewish-American Otto Warmbier

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South Korea simulates attack on North’s nuke site after test

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In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korea’s Hyunmoo II ballistic missile is fired during an exercise at an undisclosed location in South Korea, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. In South Korea, the nation’s military said it conducted a live-fire exercise simulating an attack on North Korea’s nuclear test site to “strongly warn” Pyongyang over the latest nuclear test. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the drill involved F-15 fighter jets and the country’s land-based “Hyunmoo” ballistic missiles. The released live weapons “accurately struck” a target in the sea off the country’s eastern coast, the JCS said. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

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Likud MK: Iran deal makes Israeli strike more likely

Tzachi Hanegbi, right, talks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a 2010 Knesset committee meeting (photo credit:  Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Tzachi Hanegbi, right, talks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a 2010 Knesset committee meeting (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

If temporary agreement turns permanent, Jerusalem might be forced to act, says Netanyahu confidante Tzachi Hanegbi

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