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China, Southeast Asia seek a safer disputed sea with plan for joint exercises

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Plans for a first-ever joint military exercise by China and Southeast Asian nations this year would calm safety risks on the most heavily contested sea in Asia and...

US vows no concessions to North Korea ahead of Trump-Kim talks

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials vowed Sunday they would not make any concessions to North Korea ahead of a planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong...

China places big bet on Xi Jinping, scraps presidential term limits

BEIJING — In the short space of two weeks, China has announced and now voted with near unanimous approval to amend the country’s constitution and give the party state’s powerful leader...

US warns Syria against gas attacks

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis warned Syria it would be "very unwise" to use gas as a weapon in its bombardment of rebel strongholds in eastern Ghouta. Mattis said Sunday that...

Turkey to host tripartite summit on Syria

A preliminary tripartite meeting among the foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey is expected to be held in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, next week to discuss the deteriorating situation in Syria,...

Trump Says He Believes North Korean Leader Ready to ‘Make Peace’

WHITE HOUSE — Donald Trump said Saturday that he believed North Korea was ready "to make peace" after its leader, Kim Jong Un, declared his willingness to meet the U.S. president. "I think...

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