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Topic: North Korea

Global Pulse: Is the Middle East falling apart, is South Asia the new Middle East?

The Middle East as we know it could be falling apart, and it's time the West acknowledged it.

Global Pulse: Reviving the art of disagreement, welcome Saudi Arabia to the twentieth century

"To disagree well you must first understand well. You have to read deeply, listen carefully, watch closely," said Bret Stephens.

Global Pulse: Now private emails in Trump administration, Merkel the ‘biggest loser’?

The coming years would be anything but pretty for Merkel or indeed for Germany’s consensus-driven political model.

Global Pulse: Trump is tired of leading the world, Theresa May is left alone on a sinking ship

Donald Trump is urging world leaders to become inward looking, and embracing and encouraging a post-American world.

Global Pulse: What’s driving Kim Jong Un’s belligerence? Putin becomes Russia’s longest-serving leader after Stalin

Kim Jong Un's sustained strategy to counter the United States hinges on the core belief that countries without nuclear weapons are vulnerable to US hegemony.

Global Pulse: Lessons from Irma & Harvey, Singapore to get first woman president

A roundup of the biggest headlines and views from across the world.

Facing North Korea threat, US deploys missile defence system in S Korea

The US THAAD system’s missiles have a range of 200 km and can reach a height of 150 km to destroy incoming missiles from an adversary like North Korea.

Global Pulse: Trump’s dalliance with Democrats, what’s keeping British Muslims unemployed?

Donald Trump has left both Republicans and Democrats confounded by cutting deals with the latter.

Global Pulse: Netanyahu’s troubles see no end, N. Korean uni without its American staff

Benjamin Netanyahu's personal lawyer, the man he appointed as national security adviser, and former chief of staff has been arrested in connection with a grave corruption scandal.

Global Pulse: Kenya’s chief justice is a national hero, why is Trump alienating Seoul?

In a first in not just Kenya, but even Africa, the Supreme Court has invalidated last month’s re-election and called for fresh polls.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.