North America

Videographics: What the US anti-missile defense THAAD can do

https://youtu.be/8EI5-opTpPg The United States deployed its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system – known as THAAD – in South Korea…

Analysis: Can US stop a N. Korea missile strike?

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea said Thursday it would complete a plan within days to launch a…

Guam leader backs ‘punch on the nose’ for Pyongyang

HAGATNA, United States (AFP)--Guam's leader said Monday that "sometimes a bully can only be stopped with a punch in the nose," in…

Race drags Charlottesville into a fight it does not seek

  by Sébastien Blanc Agence France Presse CHARLOTTESVILLE, United States (AFP) -- A pretty university town imbued with American history,…

CIA chief says ‘nothing imminent’ in US-N.Korea standoff

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- CIA director Mike Pompeo offered assurances Sunday there was "nothing imminent" in the US…

White House defends Trump’s response to Virginia violence

by Jerome Cartillier with Brian Knowlton in Washington Agence France-Presse BEDMINSTER, United States (AFP) - The White House on Sunday…

Amid calls for restraint, Trump again cites ‘military’ option on N. Korea

by Brian Knowlton, with Yanan Wang in Beijing WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- United States President Donald Trump and his…

US forces ‘ready’ to protect Guam against N. Korea: W. House

(Agence France Presse) -- United States military forces "stand ready" to safeguard Guam after after North Korea threatened to fire…

Trump to talk with China’s Xi on NKorea crisis

BEDMINSTER, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump said he would have a phone call on Friday with his…

Trump says US military ‘locked and loaded’ on N.Korea

  by Maggy Donaldson in Washington / with Laurent Thomet in Beijing Agence France Presse President Donald Trump on Friday…

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