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N. Korea says US risking security ahead of planned Koreas summit

North Korea lashed out at the US for risking stability on the Korean peninsula Thursday, even as Pyongyang and Seoul push towards a third leadership summit. The uneasy neighbours will hold high-leve...

August 10, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea says US 'throwing cold water' on denuclearization progress

North Korea on Thursday accused the United States of acting in bad faith, saying Washington's push for full sanctions pressure against Pyongyang would stall progress on the denuclearization of the Ko...

August 10, 2018
North Korea
Firefighters make progress in California but weather not promising

Thousands of firefighters, backed by US troops and crews from as far away as Australia and New Zealand, were on Wednesday making progress battling the biggest wildfire on record in California -- but ...

August 9, 2018
World News
S. Korea rights body meets North's waitress 'defectors' in probe

Officials from South Korea's top rights body have met some of the 12 North Korean waitresses at the centre of a blazing row between Seoul and Pyongyang to determine whether they were tricked or coerc...

August 7, 2018
North Korea
Australia presses North Korea on return of war dead

SYDNEY (AFP) -- Australia has pressed North Korea over the remains of 43 soldiers still missing after the Korean War in a rare encounter between the two nations, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Tu...

August 7, 2018
North Korea
US not 'starry-eyed' about North Korea nuclear deal: Bolton

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- As North Korea reportedly continues to build missiles and produce plutonium, a top aide to US President Donald Trump said Sunday that "there's nobody in his administration starry-...

August 6, 2018
North Korea
Seoul deploys warship to Libya after S. Korean, Filipinos kidnapped

Seoul said Thursday it had deployed a warship to Libya in an apparent show of force to secure the release of a South Korean national kidnapped along with three Filipinos in the North African country....

August 2, 2018
International
EU says Cambodia vote 'lacks credibility'

BRUSSELS (AFP) -- The European Union on Monday said elections in Cambodia that handed strongman Hun Sen full control of parliament lacked credibility and did not reflect the will of the people. "Th...

July 30, 2018
World News
Markets lower with eyes on central banks

LONDON (AFP) -- Asian and European stock markets slid Monday in a downbeat start to the week as investors waited on key global interest rate decisions. Nearing midday in London, the British capital'...

July 30, 2018
World Business
Lawmakers try to stop the spread of 3D guns

WASHINGTON -- Dozens of US legislators are demanding that the Trump administration explain a recent agreement to allow the free distribution of plans for using 3D printers to make plastic handguns th...

July 29, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] California battles raging wildfires

REDDING, California -- The US federal government approved aid Saturday for California as thousands of firefighters battled to contain a series of deadly raging wildfires that have killed six people, ...

July 29, 2018
World
N. Korea begins dismantling rocket test site: analysts

WASHINGTON -- North Korea appears to have started dismantling key facilities at a rocket-engine test center, a group of experts said Monday, potentially marking a significant step after last month‘s ...

July 24, 2018
North Korea
UK to refuse Brexit bill without trade deal, says minister

LONDON - Britain will only pay its EU divorce bill if the bloc agrees the framework for a future trade deal, the new Brexit Secretary warned in an interview published Sunday. Dominic Raab, who repl...

July 22, 2018
World Business
US struggling to convert N.Korea promises into progress: experts

The US appeal at the United Nations for "full enforcement" of sanctions against North Korea underscored the difficulty of attaining real progress on denuclearization, more than a month after the much...

July 22, 2018
North Korea
EU, Japan sign massive trade deal as US puts up barriers

Japan and the EU signed a sweeping free trade deal Tuesday saying they were sending a "clear message" against protectionism, as Washington puts up barriers and threatens a trade war. The deal signed...

July 17, 2018
World

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