Matthew Pennington

U.S. seeks answers about missing writer from Saudi Arabia

October 9, 2018 at 10:56 p.m.

A week after dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul for some routine paperwork, the mystery over his disappearance remains unresolved: Turkish officials allege he was killed...

Trump calls Kim Jong Un open, honorable as summit planning goes on

April 25, 2018 at 9:20 a.m.

President Donald Trump said Kim Jong Un wants a historic, high-stakes meeting as soon as possible and suggested the North Korean dictator has been "very open" and "very honorable," a...

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U.S. tightens sanctions on North Korean shipping

February 23, 2018 at 9:02 p.m.

The Trump administration escalated pressure on North Korea Friday by slapping sanctions on scores of companies and ships accused of illicit trading with the pariah nation. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin...

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Pence’s bid to isolate North Korea at Olympics falls flat

February 9, 2018 at 9:30 p.m.

For all of Vice President Mike Pence's efforts to keep North Korea from stealing the show at the Winter Olympics, the images of the two Koreas marching together — and...

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Charities see nail clippers, shovels are North Korean no-nos

January 27, 2018 at 8:48 p.m.

Two shipping containers full of hygiene kits languish for weeks in a Chinese port, unable to reach North Korea. They're intended for people with tuberculosis or hepatitis, not to advance...

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U.S. suspends security assistance to Pakistan

January 4, 2018 at 9:44 p.m.

The United States announced Thursday it was suspending security assistance to Pakistan for failing to take "decisive action" against Taliban militants targeting U.S. personnel in neighboring Afghanistan.

Trump boasts of “nuclear button” but doesn’t really have one

January 3, 2018 at 9:36 a.m.

President Donald Trump boasted that he has a bigger and more powerful "nuclear button" than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un does — but the president doesn't actually have a...

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Trump criticizes China after report of North Korea oil transfer

December 28, 2017 at 10:23 p.m.

President Donald Trump criticized China on Thursday following reports that Chinese ships transferred oil to North Korean vessels at sea in violation of U.N. sanctions over the North's nuclear weapons...

U.S. wants world to isolate North Korea, so what’s that mean?

December 9, 2017 at 10:58 p.m.

When President Donald Trump's U.N. ambassador recently urged the world to sever diplomatic ties with North Korea, she was sketchy on the details: Should all embassies close? How about those...

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Haley: North Korea “brings us closer to war” the U.S. doesn’t seek

November 29, 2017 at 11:21 p.m.

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday that North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile 鈥� which some observers believe could reach the Eastern U.S. 鈥� "brings...

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