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What's At Stake For Japan As U.S. Prepares For Talks With North Korea

8:58pm May 30, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sheila Smith, of the Council on Foreign Relations about what's at stake for Japan as the U.S. prepares for talks with North Korea.

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Security personnel arrive at the site of an attack in the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.

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Suspected Militants Strike Afghan Interior Ministry, Exchange Gunfire With Police

3:33pm May 30, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The attack appears to be the latest in a series claimed either by the Islamic State or the Taliban in recent months that have targeted government buildings, checkpoints and hotels.

Villagers inspects the damage after their home were gutted by firing from the Pakistan side of the border at Jora farm village last week in Ranbir Singh Pura district of Jammu, India.

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India, Pakistan Agree To Kashmir Cease-Fire After Months Of Cross-Border Shelling

3:33pm May 30, 2018

by Scott Neuman

For nearly a year and a half, the two sides have traded artillery across the heavily fortified demarcation that separates Indian and Pakistani areas of control.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, inspects what the North claims is a thermonuclear warhead. At right is a test of a North Korean ballistic missile.

Experts Say Denuclearizing North Korea Is No Small Task

2:17pm May 30, 2018

by David Welna

President Trump says he wants North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program permanently. Those who've seen the program say denuclearization, if it happens, would likely take a very long time.

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Trump Administration Announces New Restrictions On China

7:59am May 30, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to Peter Navarro, director of the White House National Trade Council, about the tariffs the administration plans to impose on China. Navarro calls it a "historic decision."

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Top North Korean Official Heads To U.S. To Discuss Possible Summit

7:59am May 30, 2018

Preparations continue for a summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. David Greene talks to Sue Mi Terry, an ex-senior analyst on Korean issues at the CIA, about the North Korean official.

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Shifting Trade Talks With China Head Toward Confrontation

6:21am May 30, 2018

David Greene talks to Amy Celico, who was in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative under President George W. Bush, about the U.S. moving forward with punitive tariffs.

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A market on the Strand, a main thoroughfare in Sittwe.

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'Deeply Disturbing' Conditions For Rohingya In Myanmar, And Those Yet To Return

10:58pm May 29, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

"So much of what I've seen is, quite frankly, just deeply disturbing," U.S. aid chief Mark Green said after visiting a camp for Rohingya in Myanmar. For some, "this is the only reality they know."

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North Korea Sends Senior Official To New York To Plan For Summit

6:23pm May 29, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

A senior North Korean official is visiting the U.S. ahead of a proposed June 12 summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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Trump Administration Preparing For More Tariffs On China

5:49pm May 29, 2018

by Scott Horsley

The Trump administration is preparing for more tariffs and investment restrictions on China. This comes a little more than a week after saying the "trade war" with China was "on hold."

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