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 […]
Read MoreWashington : 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 […]
Read MoreBeijing: China on Wednesday blasted a huge planned US arms shipment to self-ruled Taiwan and threatened to sanction firms involved in the sale of F-16 fighter jets. The US State Department on Tuesday approved the transfer of 66 Lockheed Martin-built F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan in a US$8 billion deal, following another huge military hardware […]
Read MoreWashington: 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 […]
Read MoreWashington: 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 […]
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