Disarmament

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo , right, speaks to European Union's Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini ahead of the at the 25th ASEAN Regional Forum Retreat in Singapore, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)
August 06, 2018 - 12:55 pm

The Latest: Trump re-imposes many sanctions on Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on U.S. sanctions on Iran (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Three months after he pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal, calling it "horrible" and "one-sided," President Donald Trump is re-imposing many sanctions on Tehran to exert "maximum economic pressure...
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, unseen, during their meeting at Merdeka palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. (Beawiharta/Pool Photo via AP)
August 06, 2018 - 7:39 am

Pompeo says sanctions a pillar of US policy toward Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran will be rigorously enforced and remain in place until the Iranian government radically changes course. Speaking to reporters en route from a three-nation trip to Southeast Asia, Pompeo said Monday's re-imposition...
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A woman burns a stick of incense at the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of atomic bombing at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, marking the 73rd anniversary of the bombing. (Yohei Nishimura/Kyodo News via AP)
August 05, 2018 - 6:43 pm

Hiroshima marks 73rd anniversary of atomic bombing in WWII

TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima marked the anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing with a somber ceremony Monday to remember the people killed and injured and a call to eliminate nuclear weapons amid hopes of denuclearizing North Korea. Mayor Kazumi Matsui opened his peace address by describing the...
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In this photo provided by Tasnim News Agency, Iran Air's new commercial aircrafts are parked at Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. Iran has acquired five new ATR72-600 airplanes from ATR, jointly owned by European consortium Airbus and Italy's Leonardo, a day before the U.S. begins restoring sanctions suspended under the 2015 nuclear deal. (Mohammad Hassanzadeh/Tasnim News Agency via AP)
August 05, 2018 - 5:03 am

Iran receives more airplanes ahead of renewed US sanctions

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran acquired five new commercial aircraft on Sunday, a day before the U.S. begins restoring sanctions that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear accord with world powers. The arrival of the ATR72-600 airplanes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport represented perhaps the...
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North Korean Lt. Gen. An Ik San, second from right, shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Maj. Gen. Kim Do-gyun during a meeting inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Generals from the rival Koreas met Tuesday at their shared border for talks meant to ease a decades-long military standoff, Seoul officials said.(Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP)
July 31, 2018 - 12:27 am

Rival Koreas' generals discuss easing military confrontation

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Generals from the rival Koreas met Tuesday at their shared border for talks meant to ease a decades-long military standoff, the second such meeting since their leaders met for a landmark summit in April and pledged to reduce the danger of another war on the peninsula. The...
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President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
July 25, 2018 - 9:51 pm

Proposed Trump-Putin meeting at White House is put off

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration sought to fend off accusations the president is too soft on Russia, putting off a proposed second summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and declaring the U.S. will never recognize Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea. As members of the Senate Foreign...
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President Donald Trump arrives at Kansas City International Airport to attend the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Tuesday, July 24, 2018, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
July 24, 2018 - 10:27 am

The Latest: Trump hints he's ready to make new Iran deal

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's trip to Missouri (all times local): 1:15 p.m. President Donald Trump says Iran "is not the same country" since he withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and he's ready to deal. The president says at the national convention of the Veterans...
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This July 22, 2018, satellite image released and annotated by 38 North on Monday, July 23, 2018, shows what the U.S. research group says is the dismantled engine test stand at the Sohae launch site in North Korea. The U.S. research group says North Korea has started dismantling key facilities at its main satellite launch site in what appears to be a step toward fulfilling a commitment made by leader Kim Jong Un at his summit with President Donald Trump in June. (Airbus Defense & Space/38 North via AP)
July 24, 2018 - 3:47 am

North Korea said to be dismantling key parts of launch site

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea appears to have started dismantling key facilities at its main satellite launch site in a step toward fulfilling a commitment made by leader Kim Jong Un at his summit with President Donald Trump in June. While Pyongyang could be trying to build trust with...
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