Hong Kong mops up after weekend of violence, braces for more protests

By Reuters,

Metro stations in Hong Kong resumed regular service on Monday and streets were being cleaned of debris as the city recovered from another night of vio...

hong kong , President Xi Jinping , protests

Huawei remains world’s no. 2 smartphone seller despite US sanctions

By VOA,

Huawei remained the No. 2 global smartphone vendor in the past quarter despite tough U.S. sanctions imposed on the Chinese technology giant, market tr...

Huawei

North Korea says U.S. extension of sanctions ‘a hostile act’: KCNA

By Reuters,

The recent U.S. extension of sanctions against North Korea was an act of hostility and an outright challenge to a historic summit between the two coun...

Mike Pompeo , North Korea , sanctions , United States

Trump to visit South Korea as Pompeo raises hope for new North Korea talks after letter

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit South Korea this weekend after an exchange of letters with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un boosted hopes for ta...

Kim Jong-un , Mike Pompeo , North Korea , Nuclear , President Donald Trump

Kim Jong Un praises ‘excellent’ letter from Trump

By VOA,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has received a personal letter from U.S. President Donald Trump and is contemplating its contents, North Korean state ...

Kim Jong-un , North Korea , President Donald Trump , President Xi Jinping , White House

Kim, Xi agree to grow ties whatever external situation: North Korean media

By Reuters,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and China’s President Xi Jinping reached a consensus on “important issues,” and agreed to build on their countri...

china , Kim Jong-un , North Korea , Xi Jingping

Saudi Arabia, Cuba among world’s worst in fighting human trafficking, US says

By VOA,

Saudi Arabia and Cuba are now on a list of countries the United States considers derelict in their responsibilities to combat human trafficking, raisi...

cuba , Human Trafficking , International Monetary Fund (IMF) , Saudi Arabia

China’s President Xi to visit North Korea this week

By Reuters,

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea for two days from Thursday, state media in both countries reported on Monday, making him the first...

CCTV , china , Donald Trump , Kim Jong-un , North Korea , United States , Xi Jingping

Don’t try our patience, North Korea tells U.S. a year after accord

By Muia Joseph,

North Korea warned the United States that agreements made between the two countries’ leaders in Singapore last year could be at risk, blaming the Un...

denuclearize , KCNA , North Korea , summit , U.S

US draws Eritrea closer with removal from terror list

By VOA,

The United States has removed Eritrea from a terror list, the latest in a series of diplomatic victories for the East African nation. The U.S. Stat...

terror list

What did Huawei do to land in such hot water with the US?

By CNN,

Huawei has endured a tenuous relationship with the United States for a decade, reaching a boiling point last week when the Trump administration banned...

Huawei

North Korea is waiting for Trump to blink … or leave office

By CNN,

It used to be North Korea that was facing maximum pressure, not exerting it. Pyongyang conducted its second ballistic missile test in a week Thursd...

North Korea’s Kim orders stronger strike power; U.S. seizes cargo ship

By Reuters,

The leader of North Korea ordered its military to boost its strike capability as he directed another missile firing, state media said on Friday, as te...

U.S. seizes North Korean ship it accuses of violating sanctions

By Reuters,

The United States has for the first time seized a North Korean cargo ship it accused of illicit coal shipments in violation of U.S. and United Nations...

U.S downplays North Korean missile launches

By VOA,

The U.S. on Sunday downplayed North Korea's short-range missile launches, saying it believes there still is an opportunity to reach an agreement to de...

Kim Jong-un , Mike Pompeo , missile launch , North Korea

North Korean leader Kim oversaw testing of multiple rocket launchers

By Reuters,

North Korea has conducted a “strike drill” for multiple launchers, firing tactical guided weapons into the East Sea in a military drill supervised...

Kim Jong-un , North Korea , UN Security Council Resolutions

North Korea fires ‘projectiles’, South Korea says stop raising tensions

By Reuters,

North Korea fired several “unidentified short-range projectiles” into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, prompting South Korea to call on its...

Mike Pompeo , North Korea

Putin seems to pop up wherever there is a political vacuum in the world

By CNN,

Russian President Vladimir Putin capped a week of high-profile diplomacy on Friday, when he appeared at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing -- and rece...

Chinese President Xi Jinping , Russian President Vladimir Putin

Kim Jong Un accuses US of acting in ‘bad faith’

By CNN,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he believes the United States acted in "bad faith" at the Hanoi summit, Nor...

Kim Jong-un

Putin says U.S. guarantees unlikely to prompt North Korea to de-nuclearize

By Reuters,

Russian President Vladimir Putin said after holding his first face-to-face talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday that U.S. security g...

Kim Jong-un , North Korea , President Donald Trump , President Vladimir Putin