The Australian government was thrown into turmoil Friday after losing its one-seat majority with the nation's deputy prime minister kicked out of parliament over his dual citizenship.

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused North Korea on Friday of building a nuclear arsenal to "threaten others with catastrophe" and said the Trump administration remains committed to compelling the North to accept complete nuclear disarmament.

Calling the North a threat to global order, Mattis stood inside the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas and pledged solidarity with the South.

The US government on Thursday released a mammoth, long-awaited trove of secret files on the assassination of president John F. Kennedy, but withheld others for further review on national security grounds.

When the Korean War ended in 1953 millions of people were dead and South Korea was a smoking wasteland, Seoul having changed hands four times over the course of the conflict.

The French army said Thursday it had eliminated an "armed terrorist group" linked to al-Qaida in northern Mali, killing 15 jihadists, while three U.N. peacekeepers died after their vehicle struck a mine.

Army spokesman Patrick Steiger said troops from France's regional Barkhane anti-terror operation carried out a joint strike against the group with French special forces about 100 kilometers (60 miles) northeast of Kidal.

Russia conducted several ballistic missile tests on Thursday from "land, air and sea" as part of its strategic nuclear program, the Defense ministry announced.

Brazilian President Michel Temer on Thursday said "the truth won" in a congressional vote sparing him from going on trial on corruption charges.

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, headed Thursday for a displaced people's camp on a visit to the strife-ravaged east of Democratic Republic of Congo.

Lithuania on Thursday signed a landmark deal to buy Norwegian anti-aircraft missile systems to plug an air defense gap on NATO's eastern flank, amid concerns over Russia.

The NASAMS medium-range air defense systems developed by Norway's Kongsberg will be the first such shield in the Baltic states and will cost 110 million euros ($130 million).

As Spain moves to impose direct rule on Catalonia, independence-minded Catalans across the border in southern France are readying to help their separatist neighbors continue the fight.