Communist China has traditionally been North Korea’s closest ally, but Kim Jong-un’s continued nuclear and ballistic missile tests have tested Beijing’s patience. It also comes as North Korea was spotted transporting 30 Scud missiles from Hwangju, south of the capital Pyongyang, to Nampo, on the Korea Bay coast opposite China. […]
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(KIRKUK) — Iraqi Kurdish officials said early Monday that federal forces and state-backed militias have launched a “major, multi-pronged” attack aimed at retaking the disputed northern city of Kirkuk. The Kurdistan Region Security Council said in a statement that Kurdish forces known as peshmerga have destroyed at least five U.S.-supplied […]
Niantic recently launched an update from Pokemon Go that didn’t include many highlights in the patch notes. In fact, the only thing listed by Niantic that had changed in version 0.79.2 for Android and 1.49.2 for iOS was this: “Various bug fixes and performance updates.” However, since dataminers took the […]
(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the North Korean crisis “will continue until the first bomb drops.” That statement comes despite President Donald Trump’s tweets a couple of weeks ago that his chief envoy was “wasting his time” trying to negotiate […]
LOS ANGELES — The box office might be struggling this year, but the horror genre is alive and well. The “Groundhog Day”-like horror pic “Happy Death Day” scored a first-place finish over the weekend, surpassing expectations and blowing the much costlier and star-driven “Blade Runner 2049” out of the water. […]
Local Police confirmed they were tackling the oil rig explosion on Lake Pontchartrain, which borders New Orleans, in the St. Charles Parish and north Kenner. The blast could be felt for miles around as the smell of burning rubber filled the air around the lake. Speaking to local media nearby resident […]
UN ambassador Nikki Haley insisted North Korea would get the right message as the international community seeks to halt its arms programme. Ms Haley said: “It sends the perfect message to North Korea, which is we’re not going to engage in a bad deal.” She has supported the US President’s […]
The Foreign Secretary detailed the effort that will dismantle vital sources of revenue that is currently being poured into Pyongyang’s weapons programme. He said: “North Korea continues to pose an unacceptable threat to the international community, which is why the UK, working closely with our European allies, has secured a […]