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India Holds Naval Exercises With US, Japan

India began holding naval exercises with the United States and Japan off its south coast on Monday, seeking to forge...

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US and North Korea Need To Talk — But How?

After North Korea's shock demonstration that it can strike the American mainland with an intercontinental missile, US...

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Putin Warns Against ‘losing Cool’ On North Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday underlined the importance of staying calm in the North Korea crisis, saying...

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France and Russia Vow To Fight Extremism

The French and Russian foreign ministers vowed Thursday to put aside their countries' differences to fight and defeat...

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Lavrov Says Trying To Clarify US Syria No-Fly Zones Proposal

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday Moscow was seeking to clarify a claim by his US counterpart that...

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Trump Weighs ‘severe’ Response To N. Korea ICBM Test

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was considering a "pretty severe" response to North Korea's intercontinental...

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Pyongyang warned it would be a "piece of cake" to destroy "gangster" South Korea, state media reported Thursday, as it...

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China Warns ‘words and Deeds’ Can Raise N.Korea Tensions

China on Thursday warned against "words and deeds" that could heighten tensions over North Korea, after Pyongyang...

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To Talk Or Not To Talk To North Korea?

Nuclear-armed North Korea has muscled its way onto the agenda of the G20 leaders' annual summit in Germany Thursday,...

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N.Korea Seeks ‘driver’s Seat’ With ICBM Test

Newly equipped with an intercontinental ballistic missile, North Korea is looking to put itself in the "driver's seat"...

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US To Seek New UN Sanctions After N.Korea ‘escalation’

The United States will present to the UN Security Council a draft resolution imposing new sanctions on North Korea...

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Top US Diplomat Tillerson To Visit Ukraine

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Ukraine following the G20 Summit in Hamburg, sending a message that...

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North Korea ICBM Launch: US and S Korea Respond With Drill

The US and South Korea have held a ballistic missile drill, after North Korea tested a long-range missile experts...

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Trial of Any MH17 Suspects To Be Held In Dutch Court

The trials of any suspects arrested in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn eastern Ukraine...

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With Alaska In NKorean Range, Few Options For Trump

North Korea's test-firing of a missile apparently capable of reaching Alaska underlines the shrinking options for US...

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Saudi Receives Qatar Response To Demands

Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies said early Wednesday they had received Qatar's response to their list of demands for...

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EU To Consider Additional NKorea Sanctions After Missile Test

The European Union on Tuesday warned it may consider additional sanctions against North Korea after it carried out what...

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McCain Calls For Pakistani ‘cooperation’ Against Extremists

US Senator John McCain visited Kabul Tuesday and warned neighbouring Pakistan that Washington was counting on its...

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Russia, China Urge Freeze On N.Korea Missile Tests and US Exercises

Russia and China on Tuesday called for a simultaneous freeze on North Korean nuclear and missile tests and military...