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Southeast Asia leaders back sanctions against North Korea

Leaders, from left to right, Prime Minister of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, Cambodia’s Prime Minster Hun Sen, Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chanocha, Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Philippines’ Secretary of Foreign …

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Nauert’s meteoric rise taakes State Department by surprise

When the ax fell on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, his spokeswoman was half a world away, a distance he and his inner circle preferred and enforced. Now, it’s Tillerson who’s on his way out after his unceremonious firing by President Donald Trump, and Heather Nauert whose star is ascendant. …

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Israel bombs Gaza ‘underground’ complex after blast

Israel’s military carried out an air raid overnight against an underground Hamas facility in the Gaza Strip and destroyed a separate tunnel under construction that could be used for attacks, it said Sunday. No casualties were reported in either operation, which came after an explosive device was detonated near the …

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