Sep 21 WATCH: Haley says world leaders ‘appreciated how blunt and honest’ Trump was in UN speech By Joshua Barajas U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley gave an update from the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Continue reading
Sep 21 North Korea minister calls Trump’s threat ‘sound of dog barking’ By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press The comments are the North's first response to Trump's debut speech at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, during which he vowed to "totally destroy North Korea" if provoked. Trump also called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "Rocket man."… Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 3:54 News Wrap: Rouhani says Iran will respond if nuclear deal violated By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned President Trump’s speech at the UN and warned against walking away from the nuclear deal with Iran. Also, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley defended the President Trump’s recent warning to North… Continue watching
Sep 19 WATCH: At UN, Trump threatens to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea By Jonathan Lemire and Darlene Superville, Associated Press NEW YORK — President Donald Trump, in a combative debut speech to the U.N. General Assembly, threatened the "total destruction'" of North Korea if it does not abandon its drive toward nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 3:29 News Wrap: UN hasn’t reached its full potential, says Trump By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, President Trump attended his first U.N. General Assembly and spoke at a meeting on U.N. reform. Despite widely criticizing the organization as a candidate, he said the U.S. will work with the Secretary General António… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 9:50 On Okinawa, many locals want U.S. troops to leave By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch 5:38 News Wrap: Islamic State subway attack spurs London manhunt By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, 29 people were injured Friday after a homemade bomb exploded on a subway train in London. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. Also, North Korea launched another ballistic missile over Japan early Friday. Continue watching
Sep 14 North Korea fired another missile over Japan. Here’s what we know By Erica R. Hendry Details were still being analyzed by the U.S. and South Korea, that country's military said in a statement. Continue reading
Sep 14 Tillerson presses China to apply oil leverage on North Korea By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press LONDON — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday urged China to use its leverage as North Korea's principal supplier of oil to press the isolated nation into reconsidering its development of nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch News Wrap: North Korea warns U.S. over UN sanctions By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, North Korea rejected a new set of U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs that banned exports of textiles and capped imports of crude oil. President Trump played down the U.N. vote as Pyongyang… Continue watching