
NBC News - 2 hours 23 min ago
As the war in the Middle East nears its 6-month mark, President Donald Trump is making new threats against Iran, posting on social media that the United States will launch "economic warfare and isolation on an unprecedented scale." It comes as the president says he's been in contact with North Korea's Kim Jong Un and hopes to meet with him later this year. NBC's Garrett Haake reports for TODAY.

The Hill - 3 hours 8 min ago
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward the sea on Thursday, South Korea's military said, a day after the North shrugged off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launches...

Forbes - 3 hours 59 min ago
The missile launches took place hours after Trump said he plans to meet with the North Korean leader sometime later this year.

The Guardian - 4 hours 14 min ago
Launches, detected by South Korea and Japan, came after US scaled back exercises with South Korea in apparent overture to Kim Jong-un North Korea launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea on Thursday, South Korea's military said, a day after North Korea shrugged off Trump's order to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy. The joint chiefs of staff said the launches happened from North Korea's capital region around 5pm...

Fox News - 4 hours 39 min ago
Trump cited 57 nuclear weapons in North Korea's arsenal, marking the first time a U.S. official has publicly put an exact number on Pyongyang's stockpile.

NPR - 5 hours 15 min ago
The suspected launch on Thursday comes a day after North Korea shrugged off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy.

Newser - 8 hours 24 min ago
North Korea has responded to talk of a Trump-Kim reunion with missiles, not an olive branch. At least for now. Hours after President Trump told reporters he expects to sit down with Kim Jong-un later this year, South Korea's military said the North fired about 10 short-range ballistic missiles into...

UPI - 9 hours 24 min ago
Kim Yo Jong said Wednesday that North Korea has "no interest" in the reduction of U.S.-South Korea joint military drills ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump.

ABC News - 12 hours 45 min ago
North Korea says the U.S. decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea doesn't change what it views as the provocative nature of the drills...

The Hill - 15 hours 4 min ago
Kim Yo Jong, a top adviser and sister of North Korea's Kim Jong Un, denied knowledge of discussions between the country's leader and President Trump in a message shared by state media on Wednesday. Trump told reporters earlier in the day that the country's leader had responded to his request for a conversation and that...

ABC News - 15 hours 43 min ago
Trump said the U.S. is scaling back the exercises and that he'll meet with Kim.

The Hill - 16 hours 57 min ago
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump claims he will meet with Kim Jong Un, North Korea has 57 nukes President Trump told reporters that he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year as he warned the isolated...

Mother Jones - 17 hours 50 min ago
President Trump hinted on Wednesday that his friendly relationship with North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un may owe a lot to the country's strong nuclear capabilities. “He has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons. Should have never allowed it to happen,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. “But he’s got them. I get along […]...

The Raw Story - 17 hours 55 min ago
President Donald Trump was criticized on Wednesday after claiming he had a great relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un , prompting backlash over his recent comments. Trump, who had called for U.S. military exercises with South Korea to be cut, claimed during an Oval Office press conference that continuing the drills would be unfair to North Korea's supreme leader. "I do have a good relationship with Kim Jong Un," Trump said. "I didn't like the fact that we're...

The Hill - 20 hours 1 min ago
President Trump warned Wednesday that North Korea has "57 very powerful nuclear weapons," comments that come after he complimented the country a few days ago. "The fact that I get along with him, that's a good thing, not a bad thing. He has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons," Trump said during an event at the...

New York Times - 20 hours 37 min ago
South Korean soldiers took part in a drill at a hotel in Seoul on Wednesday on the sidelines of a major joint military exercise with the United States named Ulchi Freedom Shield.

The Guardian - 21 hours 16 sec ago
President says he plans to meet dictator this year but Kim Yo-jong says Washington remains Pyongyang's enemy Donald Trump has said he is planning to meet North Korea's Kim Jong-un later this year, though the reclusive leader's younger sister cast doubt on their communications and dampened hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough between them. Trump, who also claimed North Korea had 57 nuclear weapons, had suggested he and Kim were holding secret negotiations on Tuesday after announcing the...

BBC - 21 hours 23 sec ago
It comes after Trump announced plans to curtail joint military exercises with South Korea, citing a "very good" relationship with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

NBC News - 21 hours 46 min ago
President Donald Trump confirmed to reporters that he plans to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un this year, a highly unusual move for an American president.

Fox News - 22 hours 22 min ago
President Donald Trump says he expects to meet Kim Jong Un later this year, but North Korea rejected the idea of talks while praising the leaders' relationship.

NY Post - 22 hours 36 min ago
Trump declined to give a date for the meeting but reports have suggested it could happen in November, when the president is in China for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

The Independent - 23 hours 49 min ago
Trump and Kim met three times from 2018-2019 but their high-stakes diplomacy eventually fell apart...