North Korea sanctions remain until complete denuclearisation, says US
North Korea will not see any economic sanctions lifted until it has demonstrated "complete denuclearisation", US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.
Mr Pompeo was speaking at a press conference in Seoul with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts.
It comes days after President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un held a historic summit in Singapore.
The leaders signed a statement pledging to establish a new relationship.
Mr Kim also reaffirmed its previous promises to work towards the "complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula".
But there has been deep scepticism about the agreement, with observers saying it lacked detail on how North Korea would give up its nuclear weapons and how that process would be verified.
Nicaragua protest leaders call 24-hour strike to oust Daniel Ortega
- Stoppage aims to hasten ‘peaceful exit’ of president and wife
- Human rights activists report 148 dead since April
Protest leaders have stepped up their campaign to force Nicaragua’s embattled president, Daniel Ortega, from office and halt a wave of deadly repression with a 24-hour nationwide strike designed to tighten the economic screws on the one-time revolutionary hero.
Student leader Valeska Valle said the stoppage – which began at midnight on Wednesday and is being led by a “civil alliance” of Ortega critics including students, religious leaders and business people – was intended to hasten “the peaceful exit” of the president and his unpopular wife and vice-president, Rosario Murillo.
“This strike is about our future and we know the people will support it,” said Valle, 22, who has emerged as one of Nicaragua’s most prominent student leaders since anti-government protests erupted on 18 April.
'If US and North Korea can, why not India and Pakistan?' Could Trump-Kim summit inspire wave of unlikely peace talks?
If historic enemies like the US and North Korea can come together to forge a fresh start after months of escalating threats, what is there to stop any other bickering countries in the world from burying their own differences?
That’s the message from a senior politician in Pakistan, who suggested the summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Singapore could be a model for new talks with India.
Shehbaz Sharif will lead the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) into elections next month after his older brother, Nawaz Sharif, was ousted in a corruption scandal. And while those allegations may hurt PML-N at the ballot box, the junior Sharif could yet emerge as a central figure in the balance of Asian nuclear powers.
World Cup 2018: Pressure grows for Germany to do more than just win
While plenty of the talk about Germany is about football as the World Cup starts, plenty more is about a political incident that just won’t go away. How they handle the spotlight will be key to their title defense.
Despite the grass being a few millimeters too high for Joachim Löw's liking, Germany's first World Cup training session at CSKA Moscow's training ground was a picture of serenity. After a few passing drills and a mini-game or two, it was time for selfies and autographs with the 300-odd fans in the stands. The defending champions have eased into the beginning of the tournament, but the pressure is already building around them.
Germany want to become the first nation since Brazil in 1962 to defend the World Cup title. They have an outstanding squad and head coach, and both are determined to exceed expectation and win it all again. But the lingering cloud of the Mesut Özil/Ilkay Gündodgan/President Recep Tayyip Erdogan incident is not blowing away as desired. The team's lofty reputation both on and off-the-field is in some jeopardy for the first time in a while, and how they cope with the altered spotlight could be a decisive factor in Russia.
Mexican drug cartels: 'We were trapped for five days in their crossfire'
Several gun battles between heavily armed men took place over several days at the end of May in Parácuaro, a small town in western Mexico. Images since posted on social media captured the violence of these clashes, which terrorised residents, as one Observer told France 24.
Parácuaro is located in Michoacán, which is considered one of the most violent states in Mexico. According to the Secretary of the Interior, 1,277 assassinations were recorded there in 2017 and more than 400 have been recorded since the beginning of 2018. These numbers are probably low, according to the NGO "Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal" [Citizen Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice].
Most of the violence stems from the fact that two rival drug cartels have been fighting over control of the territory. There are also internal conflicts within these criminal organisations.
Scientists lay out how to save a melting Antarctica -- and the grim future if we don't
Sea levels will rise and all coastal countries could be seriously threatened by flooding if nothing is done to stop the massive melt of sea ice in Antarctica, according to nine award-winning scientists who have spent decades studying the icy continent and the waters around it.
They are proposing two scenarios, one bleak, one promising, for what could happen by 2070 in Wednesday's edition of the journal Nature.
The paper is highly speculative rather than making forecasts. These scenarios are more like data-driven conversation starters according to the authors, all who have won the Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica game out what could happen if the world does nothing -- or if policy-makers take significant action in the next 10 years to stop the destruction.
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