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New South Korean President Moon Jae-in Won’t Find Reengaging Kim Jong Un Easy…Charlie Campbell / Beijing and Seoul

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New South Korean President Moon Jae-in Won’t Find Reengaging Kim Jong Un Easy…Charlie Campbell / Beijing and Seoul

 Moon Jae-in was elected South Korea’s President on Tuesday upon promises to reengage with North Korea. He says that building economic cooperation with the regime of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un would help raise living standards, reducing tensions as well as the economic burden of any future reunification. And even before Moon had delivered his […]

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Trump defying critical FBI storm

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Trump defying critical FBI storm

US President Donald Trump defied a storm of criticism over his firing of FBI director James Comey, by inviting Russia’s foreign minister to the White House, as Democrats demanded an independent probe of Moscow’s alleged meddling in the US elections. Trump’s decision to sack Comey on Tuesday immediately drew comparisons to the Watergate scandal that […]

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Drugs worth Dh60m found hidden in cheese and eggplants by Abu Dhabi Police

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Drugs worth Dh60m found hidden in cheese and eggplants by Abu Dhabi Police

Dubai: A 21-year-old man was caught with Dh60 million worth of amphetamines hidden inside cheese and eggplants in Abu Dhabi. On Wednesday, the Abu Dhabi Federal Court heard the case of the Arab man who was not only the youngest drug dealer to get caught in the capital, but also one who pushed the largest […]

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Turkey leads humanitarian aid efforts in drought-hit Somalia

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Turkey leads humanitarian aid efforts in drought-hit Somalia

 The country has funneled millions of dollars in humanitarian aid to Somalia and continues campaigning for its ‘African brothers and sisters,’ as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calls them The expansion of Turkey’s humanitarian outreach over the past decade has a special meaning for Somalia, a poor African nation facing drought with hunger threatening the majority […]

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Trump advised to send envoy to Pyongyang

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Trump advised to send envoy to Pyongyang

This is the eighth and last in a series of interviews with international experts on North Korea to look at how its nuclear issues will unfold down the road and seek ways to secure stability on the Korean Peninsula. ― ED. NK estimated to have ability to produce 7 nuclear bombs a By Kim Jae-kyoung […]

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Italian Police Link Somali Migrant Traffickers to Islamist Militants

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Italian Police Link Somali Migrant Traffickers to Islamist Militants

ROME (AP) — Italian police say they have found indirect links between Islamic militants and a Somali-run migrant trafficking and money transfer ring that was busted in overnight raids in southern Italy. Police said the leader of the Bari-based ring had been in telephone contact with a Somali man arrested in Italy in July on […]

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Turkey warns U.S. of blowback from decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria

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Turkey warns U.S. of blowback from decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria

(Reuters) Turkey warned the United States on Wednesday that a decision to arm Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State in Syria could end up hurting Washington, and accused its NATO ally of siding with terrorists. The rebuke came a week before President Tayyip Erdogan is due in Washington for his first meeting with U.S. President Donald […]

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Moon, Trump likely to hold summit soon

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Moon, Trump likely to hold summit soon

U.S. President Donald Trump has invited Moon Jae-in, the new president of Korea, to Washington for a summit to continue to strengthen the alliance between the two countries, Cheong Wa Dae said, Wednesday. The two leaders had a 30-minute phone conversation as Trump called Moon to congratulate his election victory. Trump was the first head […]

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Stockholm terror suspect was mentally fit at time of attack, doctors judge

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Stockholm terror suspect was mentally fit at time of attack, doctors judge

The man who confessed to driving a truck into crowds on a busy Stockholm street was not suffering from any mental disorders when the attack occurred, according to the results of a psychiatric evaluation. Sweden’s National Board of Forensic Medicine (Rättsmedicinalverket) handed the results of its examination of Rakhmat Akilov to Stockholm District Court on […]

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Why the US Cares About Somalia The country is a test case for Washington’s balance-of-power strategy.(Reality Check)By By Allison Fedirka

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Why the US Cares About Somalia The country is a test case for Washington’s balance-of-power strategy.(Reality Check)By By Allison Fedirka

Something is quietly stirring in the Horn of Africa. Over the past month, the United States seems to have shown a renewed interest in Somalia and the kksecurity threats that emanate from it. On April 15, U.S. Africa Command confirmed that several dozen troops from the 101st Airborne Division would train and equip Somali forces […]

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