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Mattis: No Need to Shoot Down North Korean Missiles Yet

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the U.S. has not yet shot down any North Korean missiles because they have not posed a threat to the United States or its allies. In remarks...

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi to Give National Address on Rakhine Crisis

UNITED NATIONS — Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is scheduled to give a highly anticipated national speech Tuesday addressing her country's crisis in Rakhine state, where ongoing violence has...

North Korean Leader: Nuclear Program Will Be Completed

SEOUL — North Korea said Saturday leader Kim Jong Un vowed to complete his nuclear weapons program in the face of strengthening sanctions after he inspected a powerful new intermediate-range missile that...

Myanmar Ambassador Rejects Allegations of Ethnic Cleansing

Myanmar is the victim of terrorists and "false media" reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Rakhine state, the country's ambassador to the United States told VOA. Aung Lynn said the country's security...

Trump: US, Allies ‘Will Not Be Intimidated’ by North Korea

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — President Donald Trump has responded to North Korea's most recent missile launch with a vow that the United States and its allies will not be intimidated. Trump made the...

NATO Calls for ‘Global Response’ to North Korean Missiles

SEOUL — NATO has called for a global response to North Korea's latest missile launch. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday on Twitter, "North Korea's missile launch is another reckless breach...

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