Raising Hopes, North Korea Offers to Talk About Its Nuclear Arsenal North Korea’s sudden willingness to bargain with the Trump administration over scrapping its atomic arsenal surprised the world on Tuesday, setting in motion an unpredictable diplomatic dance with the United States and South Korea, but raising hopes that one […]
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Gary Cohn Said He Will Resign as Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Gary D. Cohn, President Trump’s top economic adviser, said on Tuesday that he would resign, becoming the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the Trump administration. White House officials insisted that there was no single factor behind […]
South Korean Envoys Fly to North Korea to Meet Kim Jong-un Top aides of President Moon Jae-in of South Korea flew to North Korea on Monday to meet its leader, Kim Jong-un, moving to improve inter-Korean relations and help start a dialogue between the North and the United States. Mr. […]
U.S. to Open Formal Inquiry on Americans Sickened in Cuba Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson is opening a formal inquiry into what the government has described as mysterious attacks in 2016 that sickened or injured 24 United States personnel who were stationed at the American Embassy in Cuba. But […]
Trump Tweets His ‘Nuclear Button’ Is ‘Much Bigger’ Than Kim Jong-un’s President Trump again raised the prospect of nuclear war with North Korea, boasting in strikingly playground terms on Tuesday night that he commands a “much bigger” and “more powerful” arsenal of devastating weapons than the outlier government in Asia. […]
Trump Delivers a Mixed Message on His National Security Approach Trump Delivers a Mixed Message on His National Security Approach:- President Trump presented a blueprint for the country’s national security on Monday that warns of a treacherous world in which the United States faces rising threats from an emboldened Russia […]
U.S. Quits Migration Pact, Saying It Infringes on Sovereignty U.S. Quits Migration Pact, Saying It Infringes on Sovereignty:- The Trump administration has quit participating in talks on a proposed United Nations agreement to improve ways of handling global flows of migrants and refugees, describing it as a subversion of American […]
Trump Rejects Reports That His Top Diplomat is Departing Trump Rejects Reports That His Top Diplomat is Departing:- President Trump on Friday rejected reports that he would soon fire Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson as “fake news,” but declared that “I call the final shots” as he acknowledged his […]
Trump Disavows Nuclear Deal, but Doesn’t Scrap It President Trump announced on Friday his decision to disavow the Iran nuclear agreement, threatening to leave the deal altogether if it was not amended to permanently block Tehran from building nuclear weapons or intercontinental missiles. But even as he delivered a fire-breathing […]
Naval Collision Adds to Fears About U.S. Decline in Asia Naval Collision Adds to Fears About U.S. Decline in Asia:- For decades, the United States Navy has served as the foremost symbol of America’s power in the Asia-Pacific. With bases from South Korea to Japan to Guam and a fleet […]
