WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump issued North Korea with an apocalyptic warning on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), saying it faced “fire and fury” over its weapons programs, as Pyongyang said it was considering a missile strike near the US territory of Guam.

Trump’s comments marked a sharp intensification of Washington’s rhetoric over the North’s nuclear and missile programs, which saw a seventh set of United Nations sanctions imposed on it at the weekend.

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