WASHINGTON — The United States is considering designating North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House national security adviser said Thursday, a move meant to put additional financial and diplomatic pressure on the totalitarian government. The State Department faced a congressionally mandated deadline Thursday to respond to several U.S. senators’ request that North Korea […]
WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has developed a “warm rapport” with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte even though the Manila leader has verbally attacked the United States in profane terms. A senior Trump administration official, talking about details of Trump’s five-nation Asia visit that starts Friday and includes a stop in […]
The head of the United Nations atomic agency on Sunday said Iran was carrying out its commitments made under a landmark nuclear deal with world powers. “As of today, I can state that the nuclear-related commitments made by Iran under the JCPOA (nuclear deal) are being implemented,” Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said there has been no change in the United States policy protecting South Korea, in the face of missile and nuclear threats from North Korea. Speaking to U.S. and South Korean troops Friday at the Panmunjom “truce village” where South meets North, Mattis said “We’re doing everything we can to […]