International relations
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...
More Than 60 Years of Tensions Between the Two Koreas
Tensions have remained high in the more than 60 years since North and South Korea fought a fierce war from 1950-53....
US Skeptical About N. Korea Talks, Says Kim Jong-Un Not ‘rational’
The United States on Wednesday voiced skepticism about calls for talks with North Korea, saying leader Kim Jong-Un was...
Iran Accuses US of Stirring Tensions In Gulf
A senior official in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday accused the United States of provoking tensions...
Ghana Opens Consulate In Little Rock, Arkansas
Mr. E-B. Asare-Asiedu, Chargé D'Affaire of the Embassy of Ghana, Washington DC has expressed the gratitude of the...
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,...
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...
State Department Hold First News Briefing of Trump Era
After 45 days of silence the US State Department held its first news briefing of Donald Trump's presidency on Tuesday,...
Decried As Muslim Ban, Will Trump Decree Pass Legal Muster?
The American Civil Liberties Union and others are already lining up to challenge President Donald Trump's revised ban...
Brazil’s Recession Worst On Record
Brazil has been in recession for two years, the latest figures show, marking the deepest economic decline since records...
Trump Signs New Travel Ban Directive
President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order placing a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations....
‘Shameful’ If Darfur Chemical Attacks Left Unprobed
Amnesty International on Tuesday renewed its call for a UN investigation into suspected chemical weapons attacks by...
US Hasn’t Decided Yet On Iran Nuclear Deal
The new US administration has not yet decided what to do about the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the head of the UN atomic...
What If Germany Had Not Lost Its Colonies In Africa?
The Germans were latecomers to the scramble for Africa. Even if there may have been individual Germans scouring the...
Netanyahu To Meet Putin, Says Iran Seeks Permanent Foothold In Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to voice...
Syrian Pilot Whose Plane Crashed In Turkey Found By Rescue Team
Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey found by rescue teA Syrian air force pilot who bailed out as his warplane...
China’s Premier Rules Out Taiwan, Hong Kong Independence
China will firmly oppose Taiwan "separatism", Premier Li Keqiang declared Sunday, following tension with US President...
British Foreign Minister To Visit Russia To Discuss Differences
Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson will go to Moscow in the coming weeks to discuss the differences between the...
Iran’s S-300 Air Defence System ‘operational’
Iran's advanced S-300 air defence system, delivered by Russia following a July 2015 nuclear deal after years of delay,...