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President Donald Trump has hit back at comments by the European Council President Donald Tusk who said the US could no longer be relied upon. At the start of the EU summit in Bulgaria, Tusk said “With friends like that, who needs enemies?” Trump was asked about the comments at a cabinet meeting attended by […]

North Korea has not responded to the Seoul government’s list of journalists chosen to attend the ceremony for the dismantlement of its nuclear test site, the unification ministry said Friday. “The government tried to notify (North Korea of the names of) our journalists who will cover the event for the nuclear test site dismantlement in […]

A June 12 meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un appears to be in danger after rise in rhetoric [Reuters] US President Donald Trump offered North Korea‘s Kim Jong-un guarantees of staying in power if he abandons nuclear weapons, but warned he could end up like Libya’s former leader if he doesn’t. In an effort to […]

U.S. stealth fighter, F-22 Raptor, takes off at a ROK airbase in Gwangju on the first day of the two-week Max Thunder joint exercise last Friday. North Korea abruptly postponed high-level dialogue slated for Wednesday, citing the participation of F-22 and other strategic assets that can attack the North. / Yonhap North Korea on Wednesday […]

AT News Report-KABUL: After Afghan security forces pulled the Taliban assailants out of western Farah city, insurgents once again attacked security forces on Wednesday night. Local officials have confirmed that firefight has resumed between government forces and Taliban insurgents after three suicide bombers blew selves up near police headquarters and government establishments. And more insurgents […]

© MARK NAFTALIN / UNICEF / AFP | In this photo released by UNICEF on May 13, 2018, health workers wear protective equipment as they prepare to attend to suspected Ebola patients at Bikoro Hospital. Congo’s Ebola outbreak has entered “a new phase” after a case of the deadly virus was detected for the first […]

Trump told reporters on Wednesday the United States has not been officially notified about North Korea‘s threat to pull out of the meeting. “No decision, we haven’t been notified at all… We haven’t seen anything, we haven’t heard anything,” he said. Washington will still insist that North Korea gives up its nuclear weapons despite the threat […]

The Five Star Movement’s Luigi Di Maio after talks at the presidential palace. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP The leaders of Italy’s two political upstarts, the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the League, say they have agreed on the final draft of a contract that lays out their vision for a ‘government of change’. While the make-up […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks to members of the Turkish press in London late on Tuesday. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks to members of the Turkish press in London late on Tuesday.  President Erdoğan urged the international community to act as one in standing against Israeli aggression and its unlawful acts toward the Palestinians in […]