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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been briefed on a plan to fire missiles towards the US Pacific territory of Guam, state media says. Next week's start of US-South Korean military exercises that enrage the North each year could make diplomacy even more hard.

Treasuries by the most in two years, once again became the United States' biggest creditor. Japan held $1.091 trillion in USA government debt in June, down from $1.111 trillion in May. China's drive to lend huge amounts of money to the United States government has not gone down well with many lawmakers and economists in the world's biggest economy who are afraid of Beijing's increasing leverage.

One of the people wounded was reported in serious condition. A suicide bombing was carried out early Thursday morning near the Gazan side of the Rafah Border Crossing. Israel's Shin Bet security agency on Tuesday unveiled the discovery of a complex money-transferring scheme run by the Gaza-ruling Palestinian terror group Hamas.

His lack of moral authority, and low approval ratings, will make everything harder. The news comes as the White House strategist has once again found himself in the limelight in recent days, amid reports that White House chief of staff John Kelly is scrutinizing Bannon's role in the West Wing.

Trump also said in that phone call that the standoff with North Korea would ultimately boost Guam's tourism and make the governor famous . Here's what Trump wrote specifically: " Kim Jong Un of North Korea made a very wise and well reasoned decision ".

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Tensions between the United States and North Korea soared to new heights last week, following a series of Donald Trump comments in which he threatened to unleash " fire and fury " if Pyongyang continued to threaten the U.S. And what better accordion expert is there than "Weird Al" Yankovic, whom Oliver has hired to sing a message directly to North Korea! "We're not closer to war than a week ago but we are closer to war than we were a decade ago", Mr McMaster said, adding that the ...

The pressure his administration has put on China appears to have paid off, as the sanctions placed on North Korea are quite severe and reading between the lines it is ultimately China who dictate the fate of NK. "We've got the intercept capability right now", he said, alluding to two batteries of shield missiles already installed and operational. During the meeting, Fang said that President Xi Jinping and Trump valued the friendly development of the two militaries and developed the ...

Under Japan's alliance treaty with the United States, Washington has pledged to defend Japan. "There is no change in the threat level", Guam Homeland Security adviser George Charfauros said. Kim Jong-un was briefed by military chiefs on its plans to create "enveloping fire" by setting off rockets into the waters a few miles off the American military hub in the Pacific.

President Donald Trump says in a tweet that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "made a very wise and reasonable decision" amid indications his country has decided not to proceed with its multiple missile launch toward Guam. "The most important task at hand is for the US and North Korea to "hit the brakes" on their mutual needling of each other with words and actions, to lower the temperature of the tense situation and prevent the emergence of an 'August crisis, '" Wang was quoted as saying in ...

China has urged the United States and North Korea to "hit the brakes" on threatening words and work toward a peaceful resolution of their tense standoff created by Pyongyang's recent missile tests and threats to fire them toward Guam .