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North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of nuclear talks

N Korea dismisses nuclear talks if US ‘hostile military moves’ continue

2:51 pm August 22, 2019

Seoul: North Korea said Thursday it has “no interest” in dialogue unless Washington stops “escalating hostile military moves”, as a senior US envoy visited Seoul with an eye on reviving nuclear talks with Pyongyang. Talks between Pyongyang and Washington have stalled since a second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim […]

Trump insists US already has ‘strong’ gun background checks

9:26 pm August 21, 2019

Washington : President Donald Trump has insisted that the US already has “very, very strong background checks” for gun purchases in the latest sign that he is backing away from throwing his political support behind changes to the system that are opposed by the powerful gun lobby. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on […]

Venezuelan officials discussed Maduro exit behind his back: Bolton

9:21 pm August 21, 2019

Washington: Venezuelan officials reached out to the US behind President Nicolas Maduro’s back solely to discuss his exit from power and free elections, National Security Advisor John Bolton said Wednesday. Bolton’s comment came after Maduro said he had authorised the contacts with high level US officials, casting them as a long-standing initiative that he was […]

US, Venezuela in talks: Presidents

2:01 pm August 21, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday that talks between senior officials were underway, as the South American country struggles under the weight of US sanctions. “We are in touch. We’re talking to various representatives of Venezuela,” Trump told reporters. He declined to say which officials were engaged in […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo wishes North Korea would not test missiles

11:36 pm August 20, 2019

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed displeasure Tuesday about North Korea’s series of missile tests, but said he wants to resume negotiations on denuclearisation with Pyongyang. In an interview with CBS, the chief US diplomat noted the six tests of short-range ballistic missiles that North Korea has conducted in recent weeks, and appeared […]