North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned that failure to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs could lead to “catastrophic consequences”, according to Reuters. U.S. and South Korean officials ...

The US Treasury Department said that, after talks with Mr Trump, it would not waive trade sanctions on Russia for US firms seeking to restart work,Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. It had been reported that Exxon, the world’s ...

“Why should U.S. taxpayers be interested in Ukraine?” Tillerson asked foreign ministers discussing Russia’s intervention there at a Group of Seven gathering Tuesday in Lucca, Italy, according to Bloomberg. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, who later recounted the exchange to ...

The visit of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Russia comes amid tensions over last week’s suspected chemical attack in Syria and US strikes on a Syrian base, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. Russia has condemned the ...

The Pentagon is sending the 97,000-ton USS Carl Vinson with an escort of a guided-missile cruiser and two destroyers following another missile test by North Korea last week. According to a statement provided to CNN by officials in Pyongyang, the ...

This includes developing a “pre-emptive first strike capability” and an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM), said Choe Myong Nam, deputy ambassador at the North Korean mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Reuters reports. Reuters, quoting a senior U.S. official in ...

Tillerson intends to miss what would have been his first meeting of the 28 NATO allies on April 5-6 in Brussels so that he can attend President Donald Trump’s expected April 6-7 talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Trump’s ...

Leader Kim Jong-un declared the test “a new birth” for the North’s rocket industry, state news agency KCNA said, according to the BBC. He said the engine would help North Korea achieve world-class satellite launch capability, it added. The development, ...

The situation was at a “crossroads”, but must not be allowed to develop into a conflict, he said after hosting US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. Mr Tillerson spoke of “dangerous levels” of ...

Tillerson began his first Asian visit as secretary of state in Japan on Wednesday and will travel to China on Saturday with a main focus on finding a “new approach” on North Korea after what he described as two decades ...

Mexican leaders expressed outrage at US President Donald Trump’s trade and immigration policies ahead of a Thursday meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Deutsche Welle. Tillerson’s counterpart in Mexico, Luis Videgaray, said there ...

Speaking with Senator Ben Cardin during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rex Tillerson said: “Russia had no right to take Crimea,” Bloomberg reports. According to The Washington Times, Tillerson also said that the U.S. response to ...

President-elect of the US Donald Trump has chosen Exxon-Mobil Corp’s Rex Tillerson as his choice for secretary of state on Tuesday, praising him as a successful international dealmaker who has led a global operation, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Reuters. ...