S. Korean president ‘shocked’ to find 4 unaccounted US THAAD launchers in his country
The newly-elected president of South Korea ordered a probe into why the country’s defense ministry failed to report to him the import of four more rocket launchers for the US anti-missile system in addition to the two confirmed publicly.
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Japan wants US parachute drills grounded amid Okinawa anger
Japan is opposed to a two-day parachuting drill that the US plans to conduct near the Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. Local residents have protested such drills in the past, and this would be the third in two months.
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Trump Communications Chief Dubke Leaving, White House Says
A top White House official announced his resignation on Tuesday after less than three months on the job, a dire start to President Donald Trump’s first week back in Washington following a nine-day trip overseas.
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Trump Blasts Germany Again as Merkel, Modi Cite Mutual Values
President Donald Trump blasted Germany anew over trade and defense, ratcheting up a dispute with Chancellor Angela Merkel that risks getting personal and undermining a trans-Atlantic bond that is the bedrock of U.S.-European relations.
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Kim Jong-un promises 'bigger gift package to Yankees' as US flies nuclear-capable bombers
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged a "bigger gift package to the Yankees" as the US flies nuclear-capable B-1B bombers in a show of strength amid the escalating situation in the Korean peninsula region.
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Syrian rebels say U.S., allies sending more arms to fend off Iran threat
Syrian rebels say the United States and its allies are sending them more arms to try to fend off a new push into the southeast by Iran-backed militias aiming to open an overland supply route between Iraq and Syria.
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Police in Germany 'foil asylum seeker suicide attack'
German police have arrested a teenage asylum seeker suspected of planning a suicide attack in Berlin, Brandenburg state officials say.
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UN slams Britain’s ‘Big Brother’ anti-terrorism strategy
The UK’s ‘Big Brother’ culture of surveillance and suspicion in combatting terrorism is “inherently flawed” and could be promoting extremism rather than combatting it, a UN report has found.
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Ex-Panamanian dictator Noriega, ousted in U.S. invasion, dies at 83
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who spied for the United States before his drug trafficking and brutality triggered a U.S. invasion to oust him in 1989, has died aged 83.
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Australia plans to deny passports to convicted paedophiles
Convicted paedophiles would be denied passports in Australia under a "world-first" plan proposed by the government.
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Ultra-tough antibiotic to fight superbugs
US scientists have re-engineered a vital antibiotic in a bid to wipe out one of the world's most threatening superbugs.
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