Foreign Policy

The international community and the U.S. scrambling for a plan to stop leader Kim Jong-un’s seeming unrelenting march to becoming a nuclear power, The Hill reads. The last test launch, the second to fly over […]

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The U.S. imposed visa sanctions on four countries that refuse to accept deported nationals, Politico reports. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea, and Sierra Leone are being sanctioned for “lack of […]

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The U.S.-led bombing campaign against ISIS set a record in August, with the military dropping 5,075 bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan, which is the highest total during the three-year operation against ISIS, Business Insider reports. […]

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South Korea is assembling a “decapitation unit” in its military in a thinly veiled threat to North Korean leader Kim Jung Un and his top aides as they escalate a nuclear missile program, The New […]

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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the latest U.N. sanctions on North Korea are “only a very small step” and “nothing compared to what would have to happen” to deal with the country’s nuclear program, […]

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The United Nations Security Council approved a new set of sanctions against North Korea after the threatening state launched its latest nuclear weapons test earlier this month, Bloomberg reports. With the latest resolution, the Security […]

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The U.S. would pay a “due price” if the U.N. Security Council approved a Washington-led resolution for fresh sanctions against North Korea, Pyongyang has warned. “In case the U.S. eventually does rig up the illegal […]

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Mexican Ambassador Gerónimo Gutiérrez says relations between his country and the Trump administration have improved substantially in the last few months, and that they are “in better shape now than earlier this year.” “It’s no […]

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The United States told the United Nations Security Council late Friday that it plans to call a meeting Monday to vote on a draft resolution establishing more sanctions on North Korea, officials announced, The Hill […]

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The U.S. and Japan reportedly conducted a joint air exercise Saturday over the East China Sea amid heightened tensions in the region over North Korea’s missile tests, The Hill reports. Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force said […]

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President Donald Trump has given orders for U.S. military forces to shoot down and destroy any missile launched from North Korea and moving toward the continental United States, Hawaii, and Guam. Sources close to the […]

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The elite U.S. Navy Seals team that took out Osama bin Laden in Pakistan is training a South Korean assassination squad to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, The Times of London reports. The […]

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Senate and House lawmakers spoke with top Trump administration officials Wednesday on North Korea days after it carried out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, The Hill reports. Legislators emerged from briefings with Defense […]

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The U.S. and South Korea have agreed to lift limits on South Korea’s missile payload capabilities following North Korea’s hydrogen bomb test over the weekend, the White House announced Monday. During a call between President […]

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During an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said that North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, is “begging for war” with his “abusive use of missiles.” Haley said “enough is enough,” […]

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South Korea has reportedly conducted military exercises after Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test, according to multiple news outlets. The training exercises, led by South Korea’s Army and Air Force, simulated a strike against its neighbor with […]

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Defense Secretary James Mattis on Sunday said that North Korea could face a “massive military response”, should Pyongyang threaten the U.S. or its allies, The Hill reports. After a meeting with President Donald Trump, Mattis […]

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The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned North Korea’s latest missile launch, calling on Pyongyang to take immediate action to reduce tensions in the region, The Associated Press reports. “The Security Council, resolute in its […]

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Most of the United States’ special envoys will be abolished as part of the State Department overhaul, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Congress on Monday, several news outlets have reported. His letter says 30 […]

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