Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin and Viktor Orban, was shot multiple times on Wednesday, stoking fears that Europe’s polarized politics were tipping into violence.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and gravely injured in a broad daylight assassination attempt in the town of Handlová on Wednesday, according to Slovakia's national news agency and other reports.

The shooting of Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday was the first assassination attempt on a European national leader since 2003, when Serbian PM Zoran Djindjic was killed. With Fico, 59,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new tactical missile system, state media reported Wednesday, as the authoritarian regime continues to ramp up production of weapons that may be intended for sale to Russia.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday oversaw a tactical missile weapons system that will be newly installed at missile units of its army, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday. Kim expressed satisfaction with missile system production in the first half of the year and emphasized it was important to carry out this year's military production plan,

The North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un, inspected a new "tactical missile weapon system" for the Korean People's Army (KPA) as he prepares for war, state media reported on Wednesday.