19 h. ago Putin meets North Korea puppet for 'outcast handshake' as they're choked with sanctions

While Ukraine dominates global headlines, Russia's Mad Vlad quietly courts North Korea – building a friendship that could reshape sanctions and global power plays

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60 h. ago Trump rates Xi meeting a ‘12’ out of 10 and brags about relationship with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un: Live updates

Trump lowered tariffs on China in exchange for promises to reduce the flow of fentanyl into the US

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68 h. ago Trump's comments on nuclear testing upend decades of US policy. Here's what to know about it

President Donald Trump has suggested the U.S. will restart nuclear weapons testing, a move that upends decades of American policy

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3 d. ago Woman reveals what it's really like to visit North Korea after finding sneaky way to explore without a tour guide

Just last year, North Korea opened its borders back up to tourism for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. 

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3 d. ago Trump ‘sad’ as he concedes the Constitution is ‘pretty clear’ on running for a third term: Live updates

In a show of military force hours before Trump’s arrival, North Korea launched sea-to-surface cruise missiles into its western waters

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3 d. ago Trump predicts ‘good deal’ with China as he arrives for crucial trade talks in South Korea: Live updates

In a show of military force hours before Trump’s arrival, North Korea launched sea-to-surface cruise missiles into its western waters

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4 d. ago Trump lands in South Korea for meeting with China’s Xi Jinping as US government remains shut down: Latest

In a show of military force, North Korea launched sea-to-surface cruise missiles into its western waters

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4 d. ago Trump news live: North Korea fires test missiles ahead of president’s visit to South Korea

In a show of military force, North Korea launched sea-to-surface cruise missiles into its western waters

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4 d. ago Trump waits on response after latest request to meet with Kim Jong Un

So far, there has been no response from the North Korean leader

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5 d. ago North Korea's top diplomat meets with Putin on a visit to Russia

North Korea's top diplomat has visited the Kremlin for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin

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8 d. ago North Korea building museum to celebrate troops helping Russia fight Ukraine

North Korea is building a new memorial museum in Pyongyang to pay tribute to its army's military contributions to help "liberate" the Kursk region in Western Russia

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8 d. ago Zelensky warns Putin is creating a 'humanitarian disaster' in Ukraine as he meets Starmer and other leaders in London to discuss supplying long

Sir Keir Starmer welcomed the Ukrainian president to Downing Street on Friday ahead of talks on how to increase pressure on Moscow and boost Ukraine's defences.

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8 d. ago Zelenskyy says Putin pushing Ukraine towards ‘humanitarian disaster’ as he meets Starmer and European leaders – Europe live

Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of human cost of attacks on energy infrastructureA forthcoming trip by German foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, to China has been cancelled amid growing fears that Beijing’s restriction on semiconductor and rare earth exports could paralyse the country’s car industry.“We are postponing the journey to a later time,” the spokesperson told a regular press briefing on Friday. “The Chinese side was ultimately able to confirm only the appointment with the Chinese foreign minister, and could not confirm any other additional appointments,” a foreign ministry spokesperson said. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago North Korea builds memorial to soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine

Kim Jong Un says alliance with Russia ‘now rising to historic peak’

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8 d. ago Zelensky to meet Starmer and European leaders in London after Trump

Zelensky to meet Starmer and European leaders in London after Trump-Putin talk shelved  BBC

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9 d. ago North Korea fires 'new hypersonic missiles' capable of carrying nuclear warheads

Kim Jong Un's military is claimed by North Korea to have used a new hypersonic system to test fire missiles and has called it strategic implying they are designed to be armed with nuclear warheads

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9 d. ago Will Trump’s new sanctions on Russian oil companies actually work to stop Putin?

The new sanctions were unveiled just a day after Trump said he would cancel a ‘wasted’ meeting with Putin in Budapest

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1 week ago What is South Korea’s ‘monster missile’, and what does it mean for relations with the North?

The Hyunmoo-5 ‘bunker’ buster’ missile can reportedly carry an eight-tonne warhead and will be ready for deployment at the end of the yearSouth Korea has said it will begin deploying its largest ballistic missile yet at the end of the year – a projectile known as the “monster missile” by local media – marking a significant upgrade of its conventional arsenal as tensions rise with nuclear-armed North Korea.Defence minister Ahn Gyu-back recently told Yonhap News that South Korea must build a “considerable” number of the Hyunmoo-5 missiles in order to “achieve a balance of terror” in the face of the threat posed by the North, and that a next-generation missile with even greater power is needed. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump slaps crippling new sanctions on Russia after snubbing meeting with Putin

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced major new sanctions on Russia, after his proposed meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Budapest was nixed.

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1 week ago US sanctions major Russian oil companies and calls for Moscow to accept immediate Ukraine ceasefire – live

Trump says he canceled meeting with Putin because ‘we have good conversations but then they don’t go anywhere’US imposes sanctions on Russian oil over Putin’s ‘refusal’ to end war in UkraineMike Johnson said that he hasn’t spoken with the president about a New York Times report that he is seeking $230m from his own justice department in damages over past federal investigations.“I know that he believes he’s owed that reimbursement. What I heard yesterday was, if he receives it, he was going to consider giving it to charity,” he said. Continue reading...

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