SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea conducted its longest-ever test flight of a ballistic missile Friday, sending an intermediate-range weapon hurtling over U.S. ally Japan into the northern Pacific […]
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Priyanka Chopra Urges More Syria Refugee Help
AMMAN, Jordan — The world must do more to help Syrian refugee children get an education, actress Priyanka Chopra said after chatting and joking with young refugees at an […]
China Looks At Ending Sales Of Gasoline Cars
BEIJING — China is joining France and Britain in announcing plans to end sales of gasoline and diesel cars. China’s industry ministry is developing a timetable to end production […]
Solemn, Personal Ceremonies As US Commemorates 9/11
NEW YORK — Holding photos and reading names of loved ones lost 16 years ago, 9/11 victims’ relatives marked the anniversary of the attacks at ground zero on Monday […]
S. Korea Braces For Another Possible N. Korea Missile Test
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is closely watching North Korea over the possibility it may launch another intercontinental ballistic missile as soon as Saturday when it celebrates its […]
Guam’s Tourism Popularity Unhurt By North Korea Threats
HAGATNA, Guam — Tourists haven’t been deterred from visiting the tropical island of Guam even though the U.S. territory has been the target of threats from North Korea during […]
Trump, North Korea Trade Escalating Threats Of Fire
SEOUL, South Korea — In an exchange of threats, President Donald Trump warned Pyongyang of “fire and fury like the world has never seen” and the North’s military claimed […]
Philippine President On Human Rights: Don’t Go There
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met Monday with America’s top diplomat, where he voiced solidarity with the U.S. amid global concerns over North Korea’s nuclear program and […]
A Talk With Trump On North Korea? After Vacation, Seoul Says
SEOUL — South Korea’s latest leader took office at an uneasy moment in his country’s history, inheriting the wreckage left by an ousted and excoriated predecessor. Among his lesser-noticed […]
Explained: India and China Face Off In Border Standoff
NEW DELHI — It was the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan that sounded the alarm: Chinese soldiers had arrived with bulldozers and excavators, and were building a high-mountain road […]
US To Ban Americans From Traveling To North Korea
WASHINGTON — American citizens will be barred from traveling to North Korea next month following a prohibition on using U.S. passports to enter the country, the State Department said […]
Sung Hyun Park Wins US Women’s Open
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — After weeks of uncertainty, the U.S. Women’s Open stopped being about President Donald Trump, his course and his views toward women and it turned out to […]
Liu Xiaobo’s Death Turns Focus To Widow’s Fate
BEIJING — Friends of the dissident who would become China’s first Nobel Peace Prize laureate had for decades urged him to leave the country that sent him to prison […]
Chinese Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo Dies At Age 61
SHENYANG, China — Imprisoned for all the seven years since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Liu Xiaobo never renounced the pursuit of human rights in China, insisting […]
South Korea’s President Seeks Talks With North’s Kim Jong Un
SEOUL — South Korea’s president reiterated he’s willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un even as he condemned the North’s first intercontinental ballistic missile test-launch this week […]
