The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the 47-year U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, an annual ritual that highlights near unanimous global opposition to America’s hard-line stance toward the communist island.

President Barack Obama is sternly urging Israeli and Palestinian leaders to do more to make Mideast peace talks possible.

South Korea has sent its first rocket into space from a launch pad in the south - about four months after rival North Korea drew international sanctions for its own rocket launch.

South Korea says North Korea has fired a fourth missile off its eastern coast. The Joint Chiefs of Staff says three missiles were fired early Saturday and the fourth at about noon.

In news around the world, reaction to North Korea’s nuclear bomb detonation has been swift, and severe. But, as with past rogue actions by the North Koreans, harsh words are hard to turn into actions. ABC News’ Terry McCarthy has more from the South Korean capital of Seoul.