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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump / Graphic by Cho Sang-wonIt has become a tricky strategy game between the two most unpredictable leaders in the world. Ahead of the upcoming Singapore summit possibly on June 12, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are playing their own […]

Russian journalist Arkadiy Babchenko, an adamant Kremlin critic, was fatally shot in the back several times as he left his Kyiv apartment on May 29. Photo by Arkadiy Babchenko/facebook Arkady Babchenko, a Russian journalist who was reportedly killed in Kyiv on May 29 and widely mourned, stood up alive at the office of Ukraine’s State Security […]

At a news conference this morning federal prosecutors said that several elements in the investigation into the Liège shooter Benjamin Herman may point to a terrorist connection. They point to the way that the shooting of two women police officers was carried out and the resemblance of this crime to video messages posted by the […]

©Carlo Allegri / Reuters Global issues such as the denuclearization of North Korea, the Iran nuclear deal or the Syrian and Ukrainian conflicts, can’t be solved by ultimatums in the style of ‘Star Wars,’ says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “Over and over again we come to realize that ultimatums and pressure, exerted externally, including […]

TOKYO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has finally broken his silence on what he plans to bring to the table during his summits with the South Korean and U.S. presidents, and it doesn’t appear to have a whole lot to do with tossing out his hard-won nuclear arsenal. At least not yet. Ending weeks […]

Photo: Paolo Giandotto/AFP/Italian Presidency press office Italy’s caretaker prime minister Carlo Cottarelli met with the president on Wednesday morning after delays in his announcement of a cabinet line-up. Meanwhile, Five Star Movement (M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio has backtracked on calls to impeach the president and reopened the door to a government with the nationalist […]

Reuters Photo Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Tuesday lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron for defending a French magazine that drew criticism by Turkish people after labeling President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “The Dictator” on its front cover. Çavuşoğlu quoted a tweet sent by Macron earlier Tuesday in which the French president criticized a group […]

The USS Laboon fires a Tomahawk land attack missile. © US Navy A Russian military contractor, specializing in electronic warfare, will use information gained from dissecting a US Tomahawk cruise missile, used during an attack on Syria, to boost the capabilities of its own equipment. The missile, delivered to Russia after the tri-party night attack […]

mU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice Chairman of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party Central Committee Kim Yong-chol will meet in New York this week amid intensifying U.S.-North Korean summit preparations. / AFP General Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the central committee of the Workers’ Party and right-hand man to Kim, will meet U.S. […]

The Capitol in Rome. Photo: Patrick Herzog/AFP Italy grapples with a political crisis, The Local takes a look what provisions the Italian constitution makes for times like these. Depending on who you listen to, President Sergio Mattarella is either the hero or the villain of Italy’s latest drama. The head of state has faced everything […]