Get Serious on Brexit: EU Airs Growing Frustration With Britain
The gloves came off in the latest round of Brexit talks, with the European Union asking the U.K. to come clean on the money it owes and British negotiators exasperated at what they see as the EU's...
View ArticleNorth Korea Fires Missile Over Northern Japan
North Korea fired a missile that passed over northern Japan early on Tuesday, the Japanese government said.The government's J-Alert warning system advised people in the area to take precautions, but...
View ArticleNKorea Fires Missile Over Japan in Aggressive Test
In a first, North Korea on Tuesday fired a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said. The...
View ArticleFrance's Macron Plans Mideast Trip to Push Peace Process
French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to the Middle East next spring, in a trip including Israel and the Palestinian territories, to help the peace process in the region and promote a two-state...
View ArticleSouth Korean Air Force Conducts Bombing Drills
South Korea's air force staged a drill that it said showed its ability to "destroy" North Korea's leadership, according to a report Tuesday on CNN.
View ArticleNetanyahu: Iran Turning Syria Into 'Base of Military Entrenchment'
Israel is stepping up charges that Iran is turning Syria into a "base of military entrenchment" as part of its declared goal to wipe out Israel — and pleading its case with the United Nations, The New...
View ArticleNKorea's Kim Jong Un Urges More Missile Launches Targeting Pacific
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for more weapons launches targeting the Pacific Ocean to advance his country's ability to contain Guam, state media said Wednesday, a day after Pyongyang for the...
View ArticleKremlin Confirms Trump's Lawyer Reached out about Deal
The Kremlin has confirmed that President Donald Trump's personal lawyer reached out to them during the 2016 presidential campaign, seeking help for a business project in Russia.In a statement to the...
View ArticleIsrael Backs Away From Threat to Close Al-Jazeera
Israel appears to have backed down from its threat to close the offices of the Al-Jazeera television station, saying it would not revoke the press accreditation of its Jerusalem correspondent for now,...
View ArticleJapan: Jet Fighters Joined Drills With US Aircaft South of Korea
Japanese F-15 fighter jets on Thursday conducted an air exercise with U.S. B1-B bombers and F-35 stealth fighters in skies south of the Korean peninsula, two days after North Korea launched a ballistic...
View ArticleChina Says It Will Never Allow War or Chaos on Its Doorstep
China will never allow war or chaos on its doorstep, Defense Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang told a monthly news briefing on Thursday, when asked about tension on the Korean peninsula. Guoqiang also...
View ArticleUS Flies Bombers, Fighters in Show of Force Against NKorea
The United States flew some of its most advanced warplanes in bombing drills with ally South Korea on Thursday, a clear warning after North Korea launched a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry...
View ArticleRussia Warns US Against New Sanctions on North Korea
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that potential new sanctions against North Korea would be "dangerous."
View ArticleChina Accuses Outspoken, Exiled Tycoon in US of Rape
Escalating efforts to repatriate one of the ruling Communist Party's most wanted exiles, Chinese police have opened an investigation on a new allegation, rape, against New York-based billionaire Guo...
View ArticlePutin Warns: NKorea Situation on Verge of 'Large-Scale Conflict'
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that the tense standoff between North Korea and the United States was on the verge of large-scale conflict and said it was a mistake to try to pressure...
View ArticleRussia Hands Note of Protest to US Over Plans to Search Trade Mission
Russia's foreign ministry has summoned a U.S. diplomat in Moscow to hand him a note of protest over plans to conduct searches in Russia's trade mission complex in Washington, which should soon be...
View ArticleMerkel Backs Mattis Against Trump in Call for NKorea Talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said diplomacy is the best way to tackle the standoff with North Korea, in stark contrast to U.S. President Donald Trump who has dismissed the idea of further negotiations.
View ArticleColombia's ELN Says it Killed Russian Hostage; Risks Peace Talks with Government
Colombia's ELN guerrilla group said a Russian-Armenian citizen it held hostage for six months was killed in April while trying to escape, a startling admission that risks throwing current peace talks...
View ArticleChina's Xi: Diplomacy Only Way to Extinguish 'Flame of War'
Without making a direct mention of North Korea's latest nuclear weapons test Sunday morning, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a call to diplomacy as the only way is extinguish "the flame of war,"...
View ArticleSKorea Military Holds Drill in Response to North's Nuke Test
South Korea's military said on Monday its air forces and the army carried out a missile drill early in the day in response to North Korea's sixth nuclear test on Sunday, adding the drills targeted the...
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