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  Volunteers hand out supplies aboard the Aquarius. Photo: Karpov/SOS Mediterranee/AFP Spain said on Monday it will take in a boat stranded in the Mediterranean with 629 migrants aboard after Italy and Malta refused to let the vessel dock in their ports. “It is our obligation to help to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe and to […]

 SINGAPORE ― After a series of dramatic twists and turns, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will finally sit down together Tuesday to discuss the denuclearization of the reclusive regime. SINGAPORE ― After a series of dramatic twists and turns, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will […]

  The upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is an improbable return to diplomacy after a series of rather undiplomatic personal exchanges.  Last September few would have guessed that, less than a year later, Trump and Kim would meet face-to-face at a historic summit now scheduled to take […]

Meek, mild and dishonest: Trump lashes out at Trudeau after PM contradicts him in public QUEBEC CITY—U.S. President Donald Trump dropped a bombshell after the G7 summit ended, essentially calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a liar who made “false statements” about Canada-U.S. trade. The president tweeted: “Based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference, […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Singapore Sunday for a historic summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, the city-state’s foreign minister confirmed. . North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Singapore Sunday for a historic summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, the city-state’s foreign minister confirmed. A North Korean jet believed to be carrying […]

A man watches a television news screen showing US President Donald Trump (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul, on May 25, 2018. PHOTO: AFP DANDONG, CHINA/SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korean officials have toured China to discuss economic development. Speculators are snapping up property along their common border. […]

The G7 summit ended in farce and a renewed threat of global trade war on Saturday as US President Donald Trump abruptly rejected the text of a consensus statement and bitterly insulted the Canadian host. Just minutes after a joint communique that had been approved by the leaders of the Group of Seven allies was […]

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte arrives in Canada for the G7. Photo: Geoff Robins/AFP In one of his first foreign policy statements, Italy’s new Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that Russia should return to the G8. Conte was commenting from the G7 summit in Canada, where the leaders of Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Japan, Canada […]

European members of the G7 unanimously oppose US President Donald Trump’s call for Russia to be readmitted into the club, French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said Friday. © Saul Loeb, AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for a family photo during the G7 Summit […]

US President Donald Trump walks to Air Force One prior to departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, June 8, 2018. (AFP Photo) President Donald Trump injected fresh drama into an already tense meeting of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations Friday, calling for Russia, ousted for the annexation of Crimea, to be reinstated. […]