Top US Envoy Begins Asia Tour Amid North Korea Crisis
Washington's top diplomat was to fly into Tokyo on Wednesday to begin a first tour of Asian capitals under the ...
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US Carrier In South Korea For Show of Force To North
A nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for joint military exercises, the US Navy said, in ...
Africa’s Football Emperor Hayatou Kicks Out Controversy
Issa Hayatou, born a prince and emperor of African football for three decades, has been at the centre of scandal ...
Washington Urges N.Korea To Pardon US Student
The US State Department on Tuesday urged North Korea to pardon an American student who was sentenced last year to ...
Trump’s New Travel Ban Faces Day In Court
President Donald Trump insists his amended travel ban will survive any legal challenge and it's time to see if he's ...
U.S. Carrier Joins South Korea Drills, North Korea Warns of ‘merciless’ Strikes
As the USS Carl Vinson plowed through seas off South Korea on Tuesday, rival North Korea warned the United States ...
Trump Envoy Meets Netanyahu In Jerusalem
US President Donald Trump's special envoy Jason Greenblatt met Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in Jerusalem, as the ...
Tillerson To East Asia In Shadow of North Korea Threat
With North Korea's drive to field a nuclear-armed missile rapidly emerging as President Donald Trump's first foreign crisis, his top ...
Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Denounced By Over 130 Experts
Over 130 US foreign policy experts have denounced President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, saying it undermines America's national security ...
Trump Invites Palestinian Leader Abbas To White House ‘soon’
US President Donald Trump has invited Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to visit the White House "soon", the official Palestinian news ...
Trump To Speak With Palestinian President Abbas
US President Donald Trump will on Friday speak by telephone with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, the White House said. The ...
Japan, US Conduct Navy Drill In East China Sea
The Japanese and US navies are conducting joint exercises in the East China Sea as tension intensifies in the region ...
US Sends Marines To Support Raqqa Assault
The US has sent 400 additional troops to Syria to support an allied local force aiming to capture the so-called ...
New US Environment Chief Questions Carbon Link To Global Warming
The incoming head of the US Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that carbon dioxide is not the main driver of ...
US Move On North Korea Tests Risks China Clash
Washington is scrambling to develop a new strategy to counter North Korea's aggressive nuclear weapon and missile programs, but tougher ...
US Rebuffs China Over N.Korea Talks
The United States on Wednesday rebuffed China's appeal for talks with North Korea, saying leader Kim Jong-Un was behaving irrationally ...
Amid Political Storm, FBI Chief Says He Will Serve Until 2023
FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday he plans to hold his job until 2023, amid a political storm that has ...
China Calls On N Korea To Suspend Missile and Nuclear Tests
China has proposed that North Korea suspend its tests of missile and nuclear technology to “defuse a looming crisis”. Foreign ...
Top US Diplomat To Visit Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing After NKorea Test
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit South Korea, Japan and China, the State Department announced Tuesday, just a ...
US Envoy At UN Makes Bid For Reviving Israeli-Palestinian Talks
US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Tuesday discussed reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations during her first meeting with the Palestinian envoy to ...