NKorea

Lavrov, Tillerson discuss need for urgent NKorea negotiations

Moscow - Muslimchronicle

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday discussed North Korea's nuclear programme with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, stressing the need to start a negotiations process. "The sides were united in the opinion that nuclear missile projects in North Korea violate the demands of the UN Security Council," the Russian foreign ministry said after the two men spoke byRead more

Negotiating with NKorea a waste of time

Washington - Muslimchronicle

President Donald Trump said Sunday it would be a waste of time trying to negotiate with North Korea over its nuclear program after it emerged the US had channels of contact with Pyongyang. "I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man," Trump wrote on Twitter, referringRead more

US will launch 'massive military response' to NKorea threats

Washington - Muslimchronicle

The United States will launch a "massive military response" to threats from North Korea, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Sunday. He spoke after President Donald Trump met with his national security advisers following a test of what Pyongyang said was a hydrogen bomb able to fit atop a missile. "Any threat to the United States or its territories, includingRead more

Trump to meet national security team Sunday to discuss NKorea test

Washington - Muslimchronicle

US President Donald Trump will convene his national security team Sunday, the White House said, after North Korea tested-fired what it claimed was a hydrogen bomb that it can mount on a missile. "The national security team is monitoring this closely," said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. "The President and his national security team will have a meetingRead more

Trump to talk with China's Xi on NKorea crisis

Bedminster - Muslimchronicle

US President Donald Trump said he would have a phone call on Friday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to discuss the stand-off over North Korea's nuclear drive. "That phone call (with Xi) will take place tonight," Trump told reporters in New Jersey. "We have been working very closely with China and with other countries." Source: AFPRead more

NKorea's Kim will 'regret' any move against Guam

Washington - Muslimchronicle

President Donald Trump on Friday warned North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un not to take any action against the US, its territories including Guam or its allies, warning he would regret such a move -- and "regret it fast." Trump said Washington was looking "very carefully" at its military options, and that he hoped Kim had taken his words to heartRead more

Mattis warns NKorea against any attack on US or its allies

SEOUL - Arab Today

In an explicit warning to North Korea, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday said any use of nuclear weapons by the North on the United States or its allies would be met with what he called an “effective and overwhelming” response. US defense secretaries have long offered assurances to South Korea and Japan that the American nuclear “umbrella” willRead more