From North Korea to ISIS: the biggest international stories of 2017

President Donald Trump projected a policy of "America First" as he ceded the United States' leadership on climate change, blasted international agreements and demanded more of U.S. allies. The world banded together to fight climate change, while humanitarian crises unfolded in Yemen and Myanmar.

North Korea: UN Security Council’s 15-0 Vote Choking a Country into Submission

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is being choked into submission if not starvation by the UN Security Council, by a vote of 15-0; i.e. unanimously. None of the 15 UNSC states, let alone the five permanent members, have had the guts to say no to a killer Resolution, drafted and proposed by the United States of America, a name that increasingly stands for international rogue and crime nation.

Treasury issues sanctions against 2 North Korean officials

The White House says a large portion of a famed Magnolia tree planted on the south grounds by President Andrew Jackson has become too weak to remain standing. The White House says a large portion of a famed Magnolia tree planted on the south grounds by President Andrew Jackson has become too weak to remain standing.

North Korea: It’s a ‘pipe dream’ if you think we’ll give up nukes

North Korea said it is a "pipe dream" for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons, and called the latest U.N. sanctions to target the country "an act of war" that violates its sovereignty. The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea on Friday in response to its latest launch of a ballistic missile that Pyongyang says can reach anywhere on the U.S. mainland.

North Korea brands US calls for it to renounce nuclear weapons – a pipe dream’

North Korea has said it is a "pipe dream" for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons. The UN Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea on Friday in response to its latest launch of a ballistic missile that Pyongyang says can reach anywhere on the US mainland.

North Korea says it’s a ‘pipe dream’ that it will give up nukes

The UN Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea on Friday in response to its latest launch of a ballistic missile that Pyongyang says can reach anywhere on the US mainland. SEOUL: North Korea said it is a "pipe dream" for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons, and called the latest UN sanctions to target the country "an act of war" that violates its sovereignty.

North Korea calls latest UN sanctions a an act of wara

North Korea on Sunday called the latest U.N. sanctions to target the country "an act of war" that violates its sovereignty, and said it is a "pipe dream" for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons. The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea on Friday in response to its latest launch of a ballistic missile that Pyongyang says can reach anywhere on the U.S. mainland.

North Korea calls latest UN sanctions ‘an act of war’

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea on Sunday called the latest U.N. sanctions to target the country "an act of war" that violates its sovereignty, and said it is a "pipe dream" for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons. The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea on Friday in response to its latest launch of a ballistic missile that Pyongyang says can reach anywhere on the U.S. mainland.

North Korea calls latest UN sanctions – an act of war

North Korea on Sunday called the latest U.N. sanctions to target the country "an act of war" that violates its sovereignty, and said it is a "pipe dream" for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons. The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea on Friday in response to its latest launch of a ballistic missile that Pyongyang says can reach anywhere on the U.S. mainland.

North Korea Is Not a Threat to Humanity. The US and Its Allies Are Infinitely More Dangerous.

North Korea, notes Prof. Michel Chossudovsky ,[1] "was the only declared nuclear weapons state which voted YES at the UN General Assembly, in favor of the prohibition of nuclear weapons under Resolution L.41[2]" Whereas North Korea is a non-belligerent country, it is surrounded by Western forces which have threatened its very existence since the Korean War Armistice was signed in 1953.

Bots, Justin Bieber and Italy’s Trump Could Shake Things Up in 2018

Who would've predicted at the dawn of 2017 that U.S. President Donald Trump would fire the FBI director? Or that a Democrat would win an Alabama Senate race? Or that a Hollywood sex scandal would spark resignations on Downing Street? Policy makers plotting their way through next year might consider the words of former British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan, who, when asked what could disrupt his government, answered: "Events, my dear boy, events." Indeed, MacMillan was later undone by the Profumo affair, a Cold War scandal involving sex and Soviet spies.

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En esta imagen extraida de un video de la Australian Broadcasting Corp., personal de emergencia ayuda a victimas atropelladas por un vehiculo, el jueves 21 de diciembre de 2017, en Melbourne, Australia. less En esta imagen extraida de un video de la Australian Broadcasting Corp., personal de emergencia ayuda a victimas atropelladas por un vehiculo, el jueves 21 de diciembre de 2017, en Melbourne, Australia.

US short of options to punish NKorea for serious cyberattack

The Trump administration vowed Tuesday that North Korea would be held accountable for a May cyberattack that affected 150 countries, but it didn't say how, highlighting the difficulty of punishing a pariah nation already sanctioned to the hilt for its nuclear weapons program. The WannaCry ransomware attack infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide and crippled parts of Britain's National Health Service.

Trump’s year of shattered norms leaves world on edge

US President Donald Trump marks the end of his first year in office facing escalating crises - spurred by the unpredictable signals coming from the White House. WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump erupted onto the global stage under the isolationist banner "America First" - bent on tearing the multilateral world order down to its foundations.

U.S. Accuses North Korea of Mounting WannaCry Cyberattack

The Trump administration formally accused North Korea on Monday night of creating the WannaCry cyberattack that briefly paralyzed the British health system and placed ransomware on computers in dozens of countries around the world. President Trump's homeland security adviser, Thomas P. Bossert, wrote in an op-ed published in T he Wall Street Journal that the conclusion was "based on evidence" that he did not disclose.