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US Air Force F-16 fighter jets take part in joint aerial drills called ‘Vigilant Ace’ with South Korea at its Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek. December, 2017 / Reuters / © Kim Hong-Ji The United States will halt military drills with South Korea while negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang continue, Donald Trump told the press […]

 U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un sign documents that acknowledge the progress of the talks and pledge to keep momentum going, after their summit at the Capella Hotel, Tuesday. / Reuters Joint Statement [Full text] Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim […]

  U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shake hands ahead of their meeting at Capella Hotel in Singapore, Tuesday. / AP 1:25 p.m. Kim, Trump take a stroll around Capella Hotel after lunch.   12:33 a.m. The extended meeting ends. A joint working lunch begins.   Trump: “Getting a good picture […]

Surrounded by his bodyguards, Kim Jong-un visits Esplanade in Singapore on June 11. Yonhap North Korean leader Kim Jong-un took a nighttime tour of Singapore’s waterfront area on Monday, the eve of his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. After leaving St. Regis Hotel at 9:10 p.m., Kim visited the city-state’s tourist attractions, including Gardens […]

AT-KABUL: Fifteen security forces have been martyred early Monday after Taliban militants attacked their check post in the northern Kunduz province, official said. The incident took place in Qala-e Zal district as they gathered to eat a pre-dawn meal before fasting, Aminullah Ayaddin, a provincial council member, told dpa. District chief Safdar Haidar said the […]

The Gulf Arab aid package mirrors a similar pledge made by Gulf states in 2011 [Saudi Press Agency via AP] Three Gulf Arab states pledged $2.5bn in aid to Jordan in an effort to stabilise the kingdom as it faces its worst protests in years over government austerity plans that include tax increases and price hikes. The […]

Candlelight vigil in front of the US embassy in Seoul, South Korea, June 9, 2018 © Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters North Korean state media has confirmed that the leaders of North Korea and the US will focus on ensuring permanent peace and a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula in Singapore. Pyongyang says it hopes for a “new” […]

  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 […]