When U.S. President Donald Trump sits down to talk peace with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this month, one of America’s closest allies -- Japan -- will be looking on with apprehension. read more

President Donald Trump announced in a tweet the summit will take place in Hanoi, on February 27-28; he had announced the dates at his state of the union address. read more

The US president Donald Trump also announced he would be meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for their second summit on February 27 and 28 in Vietnam. read more

The greatest risk for Trump is that Republicans—voters and lawmakers—decide they can no longer afford his leadership read more

In May, North Korea released three American detainees and sent them home with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after his meeting with the North Korean leader in Pyongyang read more

Since Trump withdrew his war threats and launched talks with Kim Jong Un last year, the U.S.-backed sanctions against North Korea’s economy remain his strongest bargaining chip. read more

The letter delivered over the weekend comes after President Trump said early this month that he had received a “great letter” from Kim and was looking forward to meet the North Korean leader for a second time in the “not-too-distant future”. read more

A man roasts peanuts for sale at a shop in Peshawar, Pakistan.

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China fully and firmly supports North Korea’s denuclearisation efforts and backs its upcoming dialogue with the United States, President Xi Jinping has conveyed to the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, during their meetings in Beijing on Tuesday and... read more

Moon acknowledged that the agreement North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump signed at their first summit in Singapore was “somewhat vague”. read more

Kim arrived in Beijing on Tuesday and held summit talks with President Xi Jinping hours later, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported, adding that after the closed-door talks, Xi hosted a dinner banquet for Kim. Details of their hour-long meeting were... read more

As with the North Korean leader’s three visits in 2018, this visit wasn’t announced ahead by either China or North Korea. Kim Jong-un is expected to have long interactions with President Xi Jinping on whose invitation he has officially come to China. read more

Kim also said the United States should continue to halt its joint military exercises with ally South Korea and not deploy strategic military assets to the South. read more

Donald Trump effectively began 2018 with a one-page To-Do List. The most important bullets were domestic: eviscerate welfare programmes such as Obamacare, build legal and physical walls against immigrants, and spend $1 trillion on infrastructure. Foreign... read more

Union Minister Giriraj Singh made the statement soon after the BJP filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the order by Calcutta High Court’s division bench which barred the party from holding its ‘Save Democracy Yatra’ in the state. read more