Paul Eckert

U.S., allies use U.N. rights panel to pressure defiant North Korea

August 24, 2021 at 5:43 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are applying a new form of pressure on North Korea, already facing a tightening ring of United Nations sanctions over its...

Analysis: Behind North Korea bluster, a record of troubling actions

August 24, 2021 at 5:35 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's blood-curdling war threats are often dismissed as the kind of over-the-top rhetoric the world expects from the reclusive and eccentric leadership in Pyongyang, now in...

USAID optimistic on Myanmar work, but firm on terms

August 24, 2021 at 5:37 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is intensifying its aid work in Myanmar, winning more cooperation from the government in a country long estranged from Washington, U.S. Agency for International...

Netanyahu: “Credible military threat” needed to stop Iran nuclear drive

August 24, 2021 at 5:24 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday that Iran was getting closer to being able to build a nuclear bomb despite sanctions and diplomacy and said...

Abe vows to revive Japanese economy, sees no escalation with China

June 24, 2019 at 2:10 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Americans on Friday "I am back and so is Japan" and vowed to get the world's third biggest economy growing again...

Abe vows to revive Japanese economy, sees no escalation with China

August 24, 2021 at 4:48 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Americans on Friday "I am back and so is Japan" and vowed to get the world's third biggest economy growing again...

Analysis: North Korea nuclear-test drama rehashes old script

August 24, 2021 at 4:08 a.m.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean nuclear test draws international condemnation, modest U.N. sanctions and expressions of hope in the United States that China will finally rein in its brazen...

Analysis: North Korea nuclear-test drama rehashes old script

August 22, 2019 at 1:48 p.m.

Clinton says successor to explore Middle East peace openings

August 24, 2021 at 3:16 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last week's parliamentary elections in Israel open new avenues for Middle East Peace and the United States will pursue potential opportunities, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said...

Blind dissident urges global pressure on China over rights

August 24, 2021 at 3:18 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng urged the United States on Tuesday not to let business concerns prevent it from pressing China over human rights, saying America must...

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