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Category 5 Hurricane Maria to lash Irma-battered Caribbean islands with flooding, damaging winds

March 8, 2019September 19, 2017

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Maria — on a path that would take it near many of the islands already wrecked by Hurricane Irma and then on toward Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic — is an “extremely dangerous” storm with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph. It was centered about 15 miles east-southeast of Dominica — or 40 miles east of Martinique — and heading west-northwest at 9 mph late Monday afternoon.

Trump to rail against North Korea at U.N., seek united front against nuclear and missile programs

April 15, 2020September 19, 2017

President Trump will turn up the heat on North Korea and call out countries that coddle the rogue regime Tuesday in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, said a senior White House official who recognized that the threat of war loomed over the speech.

White House: No thaw on Paris climate accord unless Trump gets better deal

September 18, 2017

Trump administration officials said Sunday that the president’s stance on the Paris climate agreement hasn’t changed: He’s open to re-engaging as long as he gets a better deal.

North Korea fires missile over Japan in longest-ever flight

April 27, 2020September 15, 2017

North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile over Japan into the northern Pacific Ocean on Friday, U.S. and South Korean militaries said, its longest-ever such flight and a clear message of defiance to its rivals.

Russia kicks off huge war games on Europe’s borders

April 27, 2020September 15, 2017

Military officials in Belarus sought Thursday morning to calm Western fears about major war games taking place with Russia, hours before they got underway.

Trump says Iran breaking ‘spirit’ of nuclear deal

April 27, 2020September 15, 2017

Donald Trump on Thursday slammed Iran for violating ‘the spirit’ of a deal curbing its nuclear program, weeks before the US president must decide whether to stick by the agreement.

US set to extend Iran sanctions relief under nuclear deal

September 14, 2017

The Trump administration is poised to extend sanctions relief to Iran, avoiding imminent action that could implode the landmark 2015 nuclear deal.

U.S. Threatens to Cutoff China, Russia for Undermining Sanctions Against North Korea

September 13, 2017

The Trump administration on Tuesday threatened to cutoff from the U.S. financial system Chinese and Russian companies helping North Korea smuggle coal overseas to circumvent international sanctions on Pyongyang’s nuclear activities.

Major U.S. allies in Asia welcome new U.N. Security Council sanctions on North Korea

September 12, 2017September 12, 2017

Major U.S. allies in Asia welcomed on Tuesday the U.N. Security Council’s unanimous vote to step up sanctions on North Korea, with its profitable textile exports now banned and fuel supplies to the reclusive North capped after its sixth nuclear test.

Report: Iran secretly helped N. Korea with nuclear program

March 20, 2025September 11, 2017

British officials fear that North Korea’s sudden advancement in developing nuclear weapons may be due to secret support from Iran, The Sunday Telegraph reported over the weekend.

Mexico earthquake: Capital hit by magnitude-8.1 quake, tsunami with at least three confirmed dead

September 8, 2017

A magnitude-8.1 earthquake has struck off the southern coast of Mexico, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, shaking buildings as far away as Guatemala.

Navy Seals training South Korean ‘assassination’ squad to deal with Kim Jong-un

September 7, 2017

South Korean commandos will work with the US Navy Seals who killed Osama bin Laden to create a special unit to assassinate Kim Jong-un in the event of war.

Nikki Haley: Trump Has Grounds to Declare Iran in Violation of Nuclear Deal

September 6, 2017

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday said President Donald Trump would be justified if he denied Iranian compliance to the nuclear accord when it comes up for a quarterly review next month, though she said she does not know what Trump will decide.

North Korea Nuclear Progress Puts Iran on Renewed Pathway to Bomb

September 5, 2017

U.S. officials are closely monitoring an ongoing meeting between senior North Korean and Iranian officials that comes on the heels of a nuclear test by Pyongyang, according to senior Trump administration officials and other sources who expressed concern that North Korea is helping to put the Islamic Republic back on the pathway to a functional nuclear weapon.

UN Security Council to meet on North Korea nuclear test

September 5, 2017September 4, 2017

The United States, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea requested the urgent meeting, to be held at 10 a.m., the US mission said in a statement.

Turkey eyes deal for Russian air defense system, irking West

September 3, 2017

Turkey and Russia are inching toward an accord for the first major Turkish weapons purchase from Moscow, troubling Ankara’s allies in NATO even though the deal may not ultimately materialize.

North Korea conducts 6th nuclear test, says it was H-bomb

September 3, 2017

North Korea said it set off a hydrogen bomb Sunday in its sixth nuclear test, which judging by the earthquake it set off appeared to be its most powerful explosion yet.

Putin warns North Korea situation on verge of ‘large-scale conflict’

April 15, 2020September 1, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that the tense standoff between North Korea and the United States was on the verge of large-scale conflict and said it was a mistake to try to pressure Pyongyang over its nuclear missile program.

UN atomic energy agency: Iran complying with nuclear deal

September 1, 2017September 1, 2017

The top UN official monitoring Iran’s nuclear program on Thursday noted no violations by Tehran in its latest quarterly Iran monitoring report. At the same time, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano’s report said that the agency continues to hunt for ‘undeclared nuclear material and activities.’

US tests shooting down ballistic missile in message to North Korea

August 31, 2017

The US military shot down a medium-range ballistic missile during a test off Hawaii late Tuesday, officials said.