Mattis vows ’strong defensive stance’ on N. Korea

The United States and its regional allies will maintain a "strong collaborative defensive stance" on North Korea, despite ongoing negotiations to bring peace to the peninsula, Defense Secretary James Mattis said on Friday.

 

EU split on migration at ’mother of all summits’

EU leaders face deep divisions on migration and the eurozone at a crucial summit in Brussels on Thursday that could decide the fate of embattled German Chancellor Angela Merkel and even the bloc itself.

 

Trial on Kim Jong Nam’s assassination resumes

The investigation into the assassination of the allegedly North Korean leader's half-brother was "shoddy" and "lopsided", a Malaysian court heard on Wednesday as the trial resumed of two women accused of the murder.

 

Trump claims victory on travel ban, but border crackdown on hold

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Donald Trump's controversial travel ban targeting Muslim-majority nations, but the president's "zero tolerance" crackdown on illegal immigration was put on hold for lack of places to detain families arrested at the Mexican border.

 

Poland sees end to EU differences

Poland has told its EU partners that differences over reforms of the judiciary, which Brussels says undermine the rule of law and may merit punishment, were coming to an end.

 

Koreas hold talks on connecting railways

North and South Korea held talks on Tuesday on connecting the railways that run across their border, a physical link that would transform the relationship between the two sides of the divided peninsula.

 

Argentina paralysed by anti-IMF deal strike

Argentina ground to a halt on Monday as public service unions blocked road, rail and air transport with a nationwide 24-hour strike in protest at the government's latest deal with the International Monetary Fund.

 

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