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Women accused of killing Kim Jong-un's half-brother plead not guilty
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], October 3 (ANI): The accused women in the assassination of the half-brother of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, pleaded not guilty to murder in a trial that began in Malaysia on Monday.
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Italy becomes fifth country to expel North Korean ambassador
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], October 2 (ANI): Italy has added to the list of the countries that have expelled a North Korean ambassador, saying that isolation was "inevitable", if Pyongyang continued to push ahead with its nuclear weapons programme.
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Trump tells Rex Tillerson: Stop negotiating with North Korea's 'Little Roc
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], Oct 1 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump took to twitter to advise Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to stop negotiating with North Korea's Rocket Man because the U.S. will do what has to be done.
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Italy expels North Korea's envoy over nuclear, missile tests
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Oct.1 (ANI): Italy Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano has announced that North Korea's new Ambassador to Rome Mun Jong-nam has been asked to leave the country in a protest over Kim Jong-Un's recent Ballistic missile launches and nuclear tests.
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U.S. aircraft carrier Reagan to be sent to Korean Peninsula this month
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], October 1 (ANI): The United States is expected to send the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) to waters near the Korean Peninsula this month for a combined exercise with South Korea's Navy.
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U.S. has 'direct communication channels' to N. Korea: Secretary of State T
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 1 (ANI): United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that America has direct lines of communication to North Korea, and that his immediate goal is to "calm things down in the international standoff" over the country's nuclear weapons programme.
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China to shut down North Korean firms under U.N. sanctions
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 29 (ANI): Beijing, under United Nations sanctions imposed over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes, has ordered North Korean-owned businesses in China to close by January, cutting foreign revenue for them.
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ISIS leader Baghdadi mocks U.S., references N. Korean threats in new undat
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Iraq, September 29 (ANI): Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has mocked the United States, called on the jihadis to rally against the Syrian regime and insisted that the ISIS 'remains' despite its rapid loss of territory, while also exhorting followers to stand fast and keep fighting,
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Japan PM Abe dissolves lower house, calls snap election
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 28 (ANI):Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday dissolved the more powerful lower chamber of Japan's bicameral parliament to hold general election as soon as it convened for an extraordinary session.
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Trump reiterates warning of 'devastating' military option as N. Korea move
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], September 27 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has issued a familiar warning to North Korea, saying America is prepared to use "devastating" military action if necessary -- even as Pyongang moved a small number of fighter jets, external fuel tanks and air-to-ai
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U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson to travel to China on three-day visit
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [USA], September 27 (ANI): United State Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Beijing on September 28 (Thursday) for a three-day visit to discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula with senior Chinese leaders.
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U.S. slaps sanctions on eight N. Korean banks
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], September 27 (ANI): The Trump administration has slapped new sanctions on eight North Korean banks and 26 bank workers living abroad.
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