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Trump Warns N Korea ‘patience Is Over’
US President Donald Trump says that years of “strategic patience” with North Korea have failed and it is now time...
US Returns Looted Royal Seals To S.Korea
South Korean President Moon Jae-In is returning from an official visit to Washington with two ancient royal seals...
Advanced Prosthetic Arms Developed By Pentagon Set For Sale
Fred Downs, a 72-year-old Vietnam war veteran, remembers fighting back tears when he regained the ability to pick up...
UN Approves $600 Mn Budget Cut To Peacekeeping
The United Nations on Friday approved a nearly $600 million cut to its peacekeeping budget following pressure from the...
Washington’s Anti-IS Envoy In Ankara After Syria Visit
The White House envoy coordinating the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group was holding talks in Ankara on...
China, US Ties Sour Over N.Korea, Taiwan
Relations between China and the United States soured on Friday as Beijing fumed over US arms sales to Taiwan and US...
US ‘concerned’ Over Sudan Human Rights Record
The United States remains "very concerned" about Sudan's human rights record given the restrictions on religious and...
China ‘firmly’ Opposes US Arms Sale To Taiwan
China on Friday condemned a $1.3 billion US arms sale to Taiwan and called on the United States to stop any weapons...
Trump Travel Ban Comes Into Effect For Six Countries
People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s...
Ghana Ranks High In Investor Confidence Report
The US-Africa Business Centre has released its maiden Investor Confidence Indicator for Africa (ICIFA) in Washington,...
US Travel Ban ‘truly Shameful’
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that the new US ban on travellers from six mainly Muslim...
Trump Travel Ban Comes Into Effect
People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s...
Ex-CIA Agent Convicted Over Imam Kidnapping To Face Sentencing
A former CIA agent who was found guilty of kidnapping an Egyptian imam by an Italian court more than a decade ago said...
Painted Huts Offer DR Congo Village A Tourism Lifeline
There's no electricity and only 500 residents in the Congolese village of Makwatsha, but a longstanding tradition by...
Trump, South Korean President Hold Post-Dinner Talks On NKorea Policy
US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart held talks Thursday on how to halt North Korea's nuclear...
US Sanctions Chinese Bank For Laundering N.Korean Cash
The United States slapped unprecedented sanctions Thursday on a Chinese bank accused of laundering North Korean cash...
Beijing’s South China Sea Outposts Nearly Set For Missile…
Three of Beijing's outposts on contested South China Sea reefs are close to being ready for the deployment of military...
Washington Approves $1.3 Bn Arms Sale To Taiwan
Donald Trump's administration has approved $1.3 billion worth of arms sales to Taiwan, a US government official said...
US Warns China Over Hong Kong Freedoms
The United States urged China Thursday to respect civil liberties in Hong Kong, including press freedom, as the...