Trump downplays North Korean missile threat

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 04:25:20 +0000

U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the Haneda International Airport Saturday, May 25, 2019, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool)

In an apparent contradiction of his national security adviser, President Donald Trump on Sunday downplayed recent North Korean missile tests, tweeting from Tokyo that they’re not a concern for him — even though they are for Japan.

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North Korea tested rocket launchers and ‘tactical guided weapons’

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 08:20:24 +0000

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a ceremony upon his departure from Russia, outside the railway station in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on April 26, 2019. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) north korea

North Korea’s state media said Sunday that leader Kim Jong Un had overseen a rocket and tactical guided weapons test, after the drill Saturday raised concerns Pyongyang was escalating provocations with US nuclear negotiations deadlocked.

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IS says its fighters behind police clashes in Sri Lanka

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 02:59:06 +0000

A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard outside St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 27, 2019, following a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. - Suicide bombers cornered by security forces in a hideout in eastern Sri Lanka blew themselves up in a raid which left 15 people dead, including six children, police said April 27. (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP) sri lanka

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for three men who blew themselves up in clashes with Sri Lankan police, the militant group said in a statement.

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