Commentary / World Jan 6, 2020
by Nina L. Khrushcheva
History shows that targeted killings do little to either deter war or minimize it.
Asia Pacific / Politics Jun 12, 2019
Trump publicly opposes using CIA informants against North Korea's Kim
U.S. President Donald Trump took a public stance against the use of CIA informants to spy on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, saying it would not happen on his watch and possibly taking away a valuable tool of the U.S. intelligence ...
World Jun 2, 2018
Ukraine says it uncovered 47-person hit list after staging Putin critic's murder
Ukraine, seeking to reassure its Western allies after faking the murder of a Russian dissident to thwart what it said was a plot on his life, told them on Friday its ruse led to the discovery of a hit list of 47 people whom ...
Asia Pacific Jul 25, 2017
North Korea threatens U.S. with 'nuclear hammer' after CIA chief appears to hint at regime change
by Jesse Johnson
North Korea vowed Tuesday to strike the U.S. with a "powerful nuclear hammer" after CIA chief Mike Pompeo hinted last week that Washington was open to the possibility of regime change. The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), quoting a Foreign Ministry spokesman, issued a ...
National Feb 15, 2017
Ties to Japan may factor in Kim Jong Nam's mysterious murder
by Ayako Mie and Jesse Johnson
Fears by Kim Jong Un over his legitimacy as North Korea’s hereditary leader due to his grandfather’s work in a Japanese military factory may have had a role in brother’s murder.
World Nov 23, 2016
On JFK anniversary, Zapruder relative says assassination film hovers over family
Alexandra Zapruder was not yet born when her grandfather trained his home-movie camera on President John F. Kennedy's motorcade rolling through downtown Dallas 53 years ago on Tuesday, but that 26-second film has become a difficult family legacy. On Nov. 22, 1963, Abraham Zapruder, a ...