US President Donald Trump on Wednesday visited workers at a Boeing plant in St. Louis, Missouri, a week after announcing steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum that could make the aerospace giant a target in any trade war with China.
Russia said the United Kingdom's allegation that it's responsible for a nerve agent attack is "completely unacceptable" at a UN Security Council emergency meeting on Wednesday.
SEOUL - Lee Myung-bak, former president of the Republic of Korea, returned home on Thursday after a marathon interrogation by prosecutors over corruption, the last of the country's living ex-leaders to be embroiled in a criminal inquiry.
SEOUL - Former South Korean president Lee Myungbak on Wednesday appeared before state prosecutors for questioning over a string of corruption charges including bribery, becoming the latest South Korean leader to be investigated.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The UN World Food Program and Ethiopia have hailed China's humanitarian support to drought-affected people and refugees in the East African country.
MOSCOW/DAMASCUS - Russia said on Tuesday it had information that the United States planned to bomb the government quarter in Damascus on an invented pretext, and said it would respond militarily if it felt Russian lives were threatened by such an attack.
KABUL - The United States is seeing signs of interest from elements of Afghanistan's Taliban insurgency about talks with Kabul to end the more than 16-year-old war, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday, as he made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan.
US farmers have launched a fresh campaign to push back against President Donald Trump's upcoming tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, fearing foreign retaliation would seriously hurt their export-dependent industry.
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday remained steadfast that he and his wife were not involved in a discount land-sale deal that has seen the opposition call for the resignation of his key ally, Finance Minister Taro Aso.
Japan is reportedly considering seeking a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as Tokyo struggles to stay relevant in fast-moving diplomacy with Pyongyang.
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, bruised by half a year of postelection coalition haggling, was on Wednesday elected by parliament to her fourth and likely final term at the helm of Europe's biggest economy.
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