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Back to SearchEuropean Union Leaders Divided Over Immigration
The UN says more than two-hundred people people have drowned off Libya in recent days. The recent stand-off between Malta and Italy over a boatload o…
7 years, 11 months ago
Trump Casts Doubt on June Summit with North Korea
President Trump has said there is a "very substantial chance" the summit may not happen. Meanwhile, the South Korean president, Moon-Jae in, is in Wa…
8 years ago
Ship Seized Amid Row Over North Korean Oil
South Korea said the ship had transferred 600 tonnes of oil to a North Korean vessel. There are suggestions, denied by the Chinese, that China was re…
8 years, 5 months ago
US Congress Closes in on Tax Reform
The U.S. Senate closes in on passing tax reform legislation. Bipartisan Policy Center senior advisor, Steve Bell, weighs in on what a legislative vic…
8 years, 6 months ago
Behind Japan’s Corporate ‘Culture of Concealment’
A look into why Japan’s once sterling corporate reputation has taken such a hit amid a number of high-profile scandals in recent years. Also in the p…
8 years, 6 months ago
Six Years Later: Reflecting on Fukushima’s Nuclear Disaster
Host Roger Hearing visits areas surrounding the city on the east side of Japan’s main island where almost half a million people had to leave their ho…
8 years, 6 months ago
North Korea Fires Highest-Ever Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
An already tense situation on the Korean peninsula escalated with North Korea’s launch of its highest-ever ICBM that landed in Japanese waters. Anna …
8 years, 6 months ago
Zimbabwe Ruling Party Urges Mugabe To Quit
Regional branches of Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party have joined growing calls for President Robert Mugabe to resign. We hear the latest from the BBC…
8 years, 6 months ago
Trump warns N Korea that US military is 'locked and loaded'
President Trump has renewed his verbal pressure on North Korea, warning Pyongyang not to take military action against the US or its allies. Mr Trump …
8 years, 9 months ago
North Korea in Long-Range Missile Test
North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch was in the direction of Japan. The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, says the world needs to increas…
8 years, 10 months ago