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Now displaying: November, 2017
Nov 30, 2017

U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley floats a plan to strip North Korea of its U.N. voting rights, and the U.S. admits some 800+ civilians have been killed in anti-Islamic State airstrikes since 2014.

Nov 29, 2017

Two candidates are claiming victory after presidential elections in Honduras, and results are (still) trickling in.

Nov 28, 2017

India's internet regulator backs net neutrality, and Pope Francis draws criticism for failing to mention the plight of Rohingya Muslims during a visit to Myanmar.

Nov 27, 2017

Honduras is poised to elect a TV personality as president, Catalonians sour on independence, according to a new poll and the Chinese government bans reporting on a disturbing school scandal.

Nov 21, 2017

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe resigns and the U.N. confirms reports of an active slave trade in Libya.

Nov 20, 2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's future is in doubt after talks to form a coalition government collapsed over the weekend.

Nov 16, 2017

President Trump claimed on Wednesday that China had drop its backing for a "freeze for freeze" strategy with North Korea, officials in Beijing disagree.

Nov 14, 2017

China says its willing to enter into talks about peacefully resolving the South China Sea crisis, but critics say Beijing is merely looking to buy time as it continues developing contested islands.

Nov 13, 2017

President Trump did not air U.S. concerns over a dead crack down on drug users during a meeting with the president of the Philippines on Monday.

Nov 10, 2017

A defiant Trump said he wouldn't stay quiet as American corporations as targeted in corporate espionage and subjected to unfair trade policies.

Nov 9, 2017

A quarter-billion dollars in economic deals were announced during President Trump's state visit to Beijing on Thursday, including a plan to export Alaskan natural gas to China.

Nov 8, 2017

President Trump delivers a major speech on North Korea in Seoul, highlighting widespread humanitrian suffering under Kim Jung Un and setting out stiff predonditions for North Korea to engage with the U.S. diplomatically.

Nov 7, 2017

Announcements of new weapons purchases by Japan and South Korea are largely recycled pledges, and the sledding is poised to get even tougher in China on Wednesday.

Nov 6, 2017

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's flattery of President Trump shows signs of paying dividends.

Nov 3, 2017

The First Daughter arrives in Japan ahead of a state visit by the President on Sunday / the US cracks down on the Bank of Dandong.

Nov 2, 2017

The US turns back the clock on its Cuba policy at the UN and South Korea observes activity at one of North Korea's missile launch sites.

Nov 1, 2017

The US is actively engaged in direct talks with North Korea, despite President Trump saying such efforts are worthless / The leader of Iraqi Kurdistan resigns

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