Trump declines to criticise Turkey's Russia missile purchase Trump declines to criticise Turkey's Russia missile purchase

US hopes N.Korea talks go ahead despite Pyongyang threat US hopes N.Korea talks go ahead despite Pyongyang threat

Saudi Arabia intercepts new Yemen rebel drones: coalition Yemeni rebel drones targeting a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia were intercepted on Thursday, a Riyadh-led military coalition said, as the Iran-linked group steps up attacks on the kingdom.

North Korea says US 'hell-bent' on sanctions despite Trump-Kim meeting North Korea complained on Wednesday after the United States sent a letter urging countries to send back North Korean workers as President Donald Trump was inviting Kim Jong Un to hold talks. 

Syria says four killed in Israeli missile strikes Four civilians, including a toddler, were killed and 21 injured in Israeli missile strikes near Damascus late Sunday, Syria's state news agency SANA reported.

Trump steps into North Korea, in historic first Donald Trump stepped onto North Korean soil Sunday as he met Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula, in a symbolic diplomatic spectacle and a first for any American president.

Iran and US trade barbs ahead of new sanctions

The United States on Monday was due to tighten sanctions on Iran as the two countries traded barbs in a tense standoff sparked by Washington's withdrawal from a nuclear deal.

Pompeo ups pressure on Russia over four MH17 accused Moscow must ensure that those charged with murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 face justice, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, after international investigators accused three Russians and a Ukrainian over the disaster.

MH17 crash probe set to name suspects International investigators are on Wednesday expected to announce charges against several suspects in the shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine five years ago in an attack which killed all 298 people on board.

Russia, China, block US effort to halt N Korea fuel deliveries Russia and China on Tuesday blocked an American initiative that aimed to halt fuel deliveries to North Korea, which Washington accuses of exceeding its annual ceiling for 2019, diplomatic sources said.