Gunnery Sgt. Diego D. Pongo, 34, of Simi Valley, California, and Capt. Moises A. Navas, 34, of Germantown, Maryland — were killed while advising Iraqi Security Forces on a mission against ISIS in the ... ( read original story ...)
UN chief praises South Korea’s simultaneous fight against virus, climate change
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres praised South Korea Thursday for combatting the novel coronavirus while simultaneously fighting climate change. Under a so-called Green Deal, South Korea has put ... ( read original story ...)
Hogan: Maryland protected coronavirus tests it secured from South Korea ‘like Fort Knox’
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday the state is using the Maryland National Guard and state police to keep the coronavirus test kits it secured from South Korea safe -- including from the federal ... ( read original story ...)
Maryland called in National Guard troops to defend coronavirus tests from South Korea against seizure
The National Guard and state police are both guarding these tests at an undisclosed location,' Gov. Hogan said of 500,000 tests from South Korea. ( read original story ...)
Fire at Construction Site Kills 38 in South Korea
The blaze comes as President Moon Jae-in has struggled to make good on his pledge to put an end to the man-made disasters that have convulsed the country. ( read original story ...)
No deal on U.S., South Korea burden sharing, report says
The United States and South Korea have not reached a settlement on defense burden sharing despite reports indicating otherwise, according to a South Korean news service on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
South Korea Reports No New Coronavirus Domestic Cases for the First Time Since February
Over 84 percent of South Korea's infected population have recovered and the number of active cases (patients in hospital or recovering at home) has been declining from around mid-March. ( read original story ...)
UN Human Rights Expert Accuses Myanmar Army of Fresh Abuses
A UN special rapporteur took aim at the Myanmar military for targeting ethnic minorities in Rakhine and Chin states. ( read original story ...)
Pompeo and Warren trade Twitter jabs over Iran nuclear deal
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Sen. Elizabeth Warren traded jabs on Twitter over the Trump administration's efforts to prevent a conventional weapons embargo on Iran from being lifted. ( read original story ...)
Despite exit, US may use Iran nuclear deal to extend UN arms embargo on Tehran
The Trump administration may use the United Nations Security Council resolution that enshrined the Iran nuclear deal to effectively end the agreement -- snapping U.N. sanctions back on Tehran and ... ( read original story ...)