– PANMUNJOM – US Vice President Mike Pence declared Monday the “era of strategic patience is over” with North Korea, expressing impatience with the speed and...
– SEOUL – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that North Korea’s “provocation” underscored the risks faced by American and South Korean service members, hours...
– PYONGYANG – A North Korean medium-range missile exploded seconds after it was launched on Sunday, U.S. officials said, a high-profile failure that came hours before...
– BEIJING – Air China, the only Chinese carrier with regular services to North Korea, will suspend flights between Beijing and Pyongyang from Monday, China Central...
– WASHINGTON – The United States fired cruise missiles on Friday at a Syrian airbase from which President Donald Trump said a deadly chemical weapons attack...
– NEW YORK – The United Nations Security Council immediately called for emergency talks on Wednesday after the worst chemical attack in Syria in years, as...
– WASHINGTON – Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is in discussions with the House and Senate intelligence committees on receiving immunity from “unfair prosecution” in...
– WASHINGTON – A sobering portrait of less-educated middle-age white Americans emerged Thursday with new research showing them dying disproportionately from what one expert calls “deaths...
– LONDON -The man who mowed down pedestrians on a London bridge and fatally stabbed a police officer on Parliament’s grounds was born in Britain and...
– WASHINGTON / LONDON – The United States and Britain on Tuesday imposed restrictions on carry-on electronic devices on planes coming from certain airports in Muslim-majority...
– BEIJING – China’s trading partners are bringing the top U.N. food standards official to Beijing in a last-ditch attempt to persuade regulators to scale...
– TOKYO – United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on North Korea Thursday to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, saying the isolated...
– SOUTH CHINA SEA – China has started fresh construction work in the disputed South China Sea, new satellite images show, a sign that Beijing...
– BEIJING – China’s foreign minister Wang Yi said Wednesday that North Korea could suspend its nuclear and missile activities in exchange for a halt in...
– NEW YORK – Conservative provocateur James O’Keefe said Tuesday that he plans to release “hundreds of hours of tape” he said would expose CNN. Speaking...
– BEIJING – China’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it opposed action by other countries under the pretext of freedom of navigation that undermined its...
. . KUALA LUMPUR – The oldest half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was murdered in Malaysia on Monday, according to a South Korean...
. . CHONBURI – Admiral Harry Harris, head of U.S. Pacific Command,the most senior U.S. officer to visit Thailand since a 2014 coup emphasized the importance...
. . BERLIN – German lawmakers elected Frank-Walter Steinmeier by an overwhelming majority Sunday to be the country’s new president. Steinmeier, Germany’s former foreign minister, was...
. . LONDON – Apple chief executive Tim Cook is calling on governments and technology firms to step up in the battle against fake news and...