US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hailed on Wednesday Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “wonderful” re- election, vowing both sides will overcome a number of spats that have dogged relations under President…
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Trump appoints Stephanie Grisham new White House press secretary
President Donald Trump on Tuesday named Stephanie Grisham — until now the spokeswoman for his wife Melania — as chief White House press secretary. The appointment, announced by Melania Trump on Twitter,…
US President Trump to visit Seoul after letters with Kim
US President Donald Trump will visit South Korea at the weekend after the G20 summit to discuss deadlocked nuclear talks with the North with President Moon Jae-in, Seoul’s presidential office said Monday….
Qu Dongyu becomes first Chinese to head UN food agency FAO
Qu Dongyu on Sunday became the first Chinese national to be elected to head the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, clinching the post in the first round of voting. Qu, 55, a…
Sri Lanka extends emergency in surprise move
A state of emergency was extended by Sri Lanka’s President Saturday, going back on pledges to relax the tough laws introduced after the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 258 people. Maithripala Sirisena…
Nine killed in Hawaii twin-engine plane crash
A light aircraft crashed in northern Hawaii killing nine passengers Friday, authorities said. The twin engine King Air plane went down near an airfield on Oahu island’s North Shore, according to Hawaii’s…
Tiny houses entice budget-conscious Americans
In a country that nearly always believes bigger is better — think supersize fries, giant cars and 10-gallon hats — more and more Americans are downsizing their living quarters. Welcome to the…
N. Korea-China ties ‘invincible’, says KCNA, as Xi wraps up trip
North Korea’s state media on Friday described North Korea-China relations as “invincible” as Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up a closely watched two-day visit to the North. Pyongyang’s state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun…
Iran says has ‘indisputable’ evidence US drone violated airspace
Iran said Friday that it had “indisputable” evidence that a US drone it shot down this week had violated its airspace. Deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told Swiss ambassador, Markus Leitner, whose…
Xi hails friendship with N. Korea in state newspaper
Chinese President Xi Jinping has written a rare opinion piece in North Korea’s official newspaper Wednesday, just a day before his scheduled visit to Pyongyang, saying Beijing’s friendship with the isolated North…
China warns US against opening Mideast ‘Pandora’s box’
China on Tuesday warned against opening a “Pandora’s box” in the Middle East after the United States announced the deployment of 1,000 additional troops to the region amid escalating tensions with Iran….
China’s Xi to visit North Korea this week: state media
Xi Jinping will visit North Korea this week, marking the first visit there by a Chinese president in more than a decade, state media said Monday. He will visit Pyongyang Thursday and…