At least 13 people have died while two others have been declared missing after a fishing boat collided with a 336-tonne tanker and capsized off South Korea's west coast. According to South Korea's Coast Guard, the chartered fishing boat, Seonchang-1, was carrying 20 passengers and two crews during a fishing tour at the time of the crash. The report hinted that Navy helicopters and dozens of ships were taking part in the search southwest of Incheon, near Yeongheung Island.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump may on Tuesday announce the recognition of Jerusalam as the capital of Israel. US Officials in the White House said Trump is expected to make the announcement as he signs a waiver to keep the US embassy in Tel Aviv for another six months but says his administration will move the diplomatic mission to Jerusalem at some point; a goal long sought by Israel.

According to officials in the United States, South Korea and Japan, North Korea has fired an unidentified ballistic missile in the early hours of Wednesday, over the Japanese Island Hokkaido, which eventually crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

According to South Korea's military, "the missile was fired eastward from the vicinity of Pyongsong, South Pyongan Province, at dawn today, around 3:17am local time (18:17 GMT) on Wednesday".

North Korean state television, KCNA, said that the missile is the "most powerful Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), which meets the goal of the completion of the rocket weaponry system development set by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)".

Palestinian President and senior officials of government have warned United States President, Donald Trump of the potentially destructive effects of any move denying their claim to occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state. The warning came shortly after reports emerged that Trump would on Tuesday officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and work out modalities to transfer US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Israeli surface-to-surface missiles on Saturday morning attacked Syria's military base near Damascus. Although Syria's air defence system thwarted two of the missiles, several Iranian soldiers were killed and wounded in the attack. According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli raid was aimed at government military sites and positions of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement. The report says the sound of large explosions caused by the raid was heard in Damascus and its surroundings.

The United States has warned that members of Islamic States in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) may still regroup and launch coordinated attacks in the future despite being decimated and chased out of their held territories by coalition forces. The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff who gave the warning said ISIS remains a global threat and since the militant group is cashed up, it could be making plans for the future.