Category : Nukes

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently inspected a massive new submarine, the country’s state-run news agency said Tuesday, yet another uptick in tensions as President Donald Trump attempts to rein in the country’s ongoing nuclear ambitions. The North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released photos of Kim visiting a shipyard Tuesday with the large […]Read More

Britain’s now former ambassador to the U.S. was convinced last year that President Donald Trump scrapped the Iran nuclear pact in part simply because it was forged by his White House predecessor, Barack Obama, according to another leaked diplomatic memo.   Sir Kim Darroch declared that Trump’s actions amounted to “diplomatic vandalism,” the Daily Mail reported on Saturday, […]Read More

Fox News host Tucker Carlson appeared to justify President Donald Trump’s meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this weekend by saying that despite Pyongyang’s rampant human rights abuses, many foreign leaders were responsible for “killing people.” Carlson was on the sidelines at the Demilitarized Zone during Trump’s meeting with Kim this weekend. Trump […]Read More

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received a personal letter from President Donald Trump and described its contents as “excellent,” the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Sunday. KCNA did not provide details on the letter, but it reported that Kim would seriously contemplate its contents. The report also said Kim appreciated Trump’s “extraordinary […]Read More

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Thursday morning for a two-day state visit to North Korea, where he’s expected to talk with leader Kim Jong Un about the stalled negotiations with Washington over North Korea’s nuclear weapons. China’s official Xinhua news agency reported that Xi was accompanied by his wife, Peng Liyuan, and […]Read More

President Donald Trump said he doesn’t know if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is still building nuclear weapons — but, the U.S. leader noted, “I hope not.” Speaking to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos last week about the potential nuclear threat still posed by Pyongyang, Trump waxed lyrical about the “very strong relationship” he’d forged […]Read More

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister on Thursday said sanctions imposed by the Trump administration are “unacceptable” but that his country is committed to an international nuclear deal that has steadily unraveled amid rising tensions. On a visit to Tokyo, Mohammad Zarif defended Iran’s right to respond to the U.S. pullout from […]Read More

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday issued a relatively mild criticism of White House national security adviser John Bolton for calling on North Korea to show more evidence of its disarmament commitment before a possible third leaders’ summit. North Korea’s criticism appears to be a continuation of its frustration at deadlocked nuclear […]Read More

WAGAH, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials handed over a captured Indian pilot to a border crossing with India on Friday in a “gesture of peace” promised by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan amid a dramatic escalation with the country’s archrival over the disputed region of Kashmir. The pilot, identified as Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, was […]Read More

Ahead of President Donald Trump’s second summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) appears to have zero confidence in the prospect of denuclearization, calling it a “mistake” for the regime. The 2020 hopeful took to Twitter Tuesday on the eve of the talks, emphasizing that Kim was unlikely to believe […]Read More