Mike Pompeo 'hopeful' North Korea will keep commitments, despite apparent rocket engine test
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the Trump administration was "hopeful" North Korea will continue to work toward denuclearization and refrain from long-range missile tests, as Pyongyang's deadline for Washington to reconsider its approach to talks looms. Speaking at a joint news ...
U.S. and North Korea trade barbs, but both keeping options open as deadline looms
Insults and threats are again being hurled between the United States and North Korea as tensions soar to heights unseen in the last two years ahead of a unilateral year-end deadline set by Pyongyang for progress in nuclear talks. While North Korea has deployed some ...
Satellite imagery indicated Monday that North Korea had tested a rocket engine, and a senior Pyongyang official called Donald Trump a "heedless and erratic old man," resuming insults of the U.S. president that had been set aside during a thaw. The statement carried in state ...
Trump says Kim risks losing 'everything' after North Korea carries out 'very important test'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday warned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he risks losing "everything" through hostility toward the United States, a day after Pyongyang said it had carried out a major new weapons test. "Kim Jong Un is too smart and ...
North Korea carries out 'very important' test at long-range rocket site
Nuclear-armed North Korea said it had carried out "a very important test" at its Sohae long-range rocket site, state meda reported Sunday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he doesn't think Pyongyang will engage in hostile acts and interfere with the upcoming presidential election. "The ...
European powers claim Iran is developing nuclear-capable missiles
Britain, France and Germany have accused Iran of developing nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, but Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Thursday called the allegation "a desperate falsehood." U.N. ambassadors for the three countries said in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that Iran's actions are ...
North Korea threatened Thursday to resume insults of U.S. President Donald Trump and consider him a "dotard" if he keeps using provocative language, such as referring to its leader as "rocket man." Choe Son Hui, the first vice foreign minister, issued the warning via state ...
Putin offers U.S. chance to extend key nuclear pact right now
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow is prepared to immediately extend the only remaining nuclear arms reduction pact with the United States. Speaking at a meeting with military officials, Putin said that Russia has repeatedly offered the U.S. to extend the New START ...
North Korea vows 'corresponding actions at any level' after Trump talks of military action
In response to remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, North Korea warned late Wednesday that if the United States takes any military action against the regime of leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang will take "prompt corresponding actions at any level." Nuclear negotiations between the U.S. ...
Half a dozen European countries on Wednesday again condemned North Korea's 13 "provocative" ballistic missile launches since May, saying they violate U.N. Security Council resolutions and undermine regional and international security. A statement from the five European council members — Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom ...
As nuclear talks falter, next move for North Korea's Kim may be missile test over Japan
Kim Jong Un is back in the saddle — literally — and apparently ready to make a decision on what kind of "Christmas present" North Korea will offer the U.S. as a year-end deadline for progress in nuclear talks with Washington approaches. And one option ...
U.S. President Donald Trump, well-known for his off-the-cuff remarks, hinted Tuesday at the possibility of military action against North Korea if necessary, despite emphasizing his "good relationship" with leader Kim Jong Un. "We have the most powerful military we have ever had and we are ...
