Tillerson Says 'All Of The Options Are On The Table' In Dealing With North Korea
Updated at 5:10 p.m. ET Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the U.S. doesn't want to take military action against North Korea, but "all of the options are on the table" if a serious threat arises....
View Article72 Killed In Attack In Syria Where Toxic Chemicals And Shelling Were Reported
Updated at 8:45 a.m. ET Wednesday Poisonous chemicals are suspected of augmenting an aerial bombardment of a rebel-held town in Syria's Idlib province Tuesday, with the Syrian Observatory for Human...
View ArticleAfter Syria Gas Attack, World Waits To See What Kind of Leader Trump Will Be
President Trump issued a remarkable statement following a Syrian gas attack U.S. officials say was leveled by that country's leader against his own people. Some 40 words of the short, 78-word statement...
View ArticleRussia Says U.S. Broke International Law In Striking Syria, Citing 'Pretext'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23tcoHFaWmo Updated at 3:15 p.m. ET Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling the missile strike President Trump ordered against Syria on Thursday "an act of...
View ArticleU.S. Drops Biggest Non-Nuclear Bomb Ever Used In Combat
The U.S. has dropped the most powerful conventional weapon ever used in combat to hit an underground ISIS complex in Afghanistan, Pentagon officials say. The nearly 22,000-pound "MOAB" — standing for...
View ArticleAfghan Official Says 94 ISIS Fighters Killed In 'Mother Of All Bombs' Attack
Updated at 4 a.m. ET Saturday A government spokesman has increased the death toll from Thursday's bombing using the "Mother of All Bombs" in Afghanistan to 94, up from 36. Ataullah Khogyani, the...
View ArticleNorth Korea Threatens To Sink U.S. Carrier; China Urges Restraint
North Korea could reduce a U.S. strike force to a sea wreck if it's provoked, the country's propaganda outlets said Monday, adding to tensions on the Korean Peninsula. With the threat of a nuclear test...
View ArticleHe was killed in Yemen. Now his mom wants you to see his photos
The headlines about Yemen are dire. Civil war has put almost 7 million people on the brink of famine. The United Nations humanitarian chief says Yemen is in danger of "total social, economic and...
View ArticleIn The Event Of Attack, Here's How The Government Plans 'To Save Itself'
Several years ago, when Garrett Graff was working at Washingtonian magazine , a coworker brought him a lost ID badge that he'd found on the floor of a parking garage. "It was a government ID for...
View ArticleAs ISIS Gets Squeezed In Syria And Iraq, It's Using Music As A Weapon
Three years ago, the Islamic State overran large swaths of Iraq and Syria, and soon declared a caliphate that straddled the border between the two countries. Today, the group's physical caliphate is...
View ArticleNorth Korea Reportedly Capable Of Making Nuclear-Tipped Missiles
U.S. intelligence analysts say North Korea has developed a warhead that fits on its ballistic missiles, including an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching U.S. territory, according to...
View ArticleTillerson: Trump Is Using Language Kim Jong Un Can Understand
Updated at 1 p.m. ET As the leaders of two nuclear-armed countries trade threats, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says President Trump "is sending a strong message to North Korea in language that...
View ArticleNorth Korea Says It Won't Fire Missiles At Guam After All
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reviewed his military's plans to rain "an enveloping fire" around the U.S. territory of Guam — but opted not to fire missiles at this time, according to state media....
View ArticleWant to avoid war? Listen to my grandma’s story
Recently I was visiting my grandmother, Kazuko Nita, in Japan. Achan, as I call her, knows that I’m not good at cooking and that my knife skills are horrible, so she decided to teach me how to thinly...
View ArticleNorth Korea Fires Another Missile Over Japan
Updated at 9:50 p.m. ET Thursday Japanese and South Korean officials have confirmed another missile test by North Korea Friday morning local time. This is the 15th North Korean missile test this year...
View ArticleFor children of refugees, re-examining the Vietnam War is painful — and...
Bill Radke talks with Thanh Tan and James Hong about the lasting impact of the Vietnam War on the children of Vietnamese refugees. Tan is host of KUOW's new podcast Second Wave . Hong is executive...
View ArticleAfter 3 Years Under ISIS, Mosul's Children Go Back To School
The recess bell rings at the Akha elementary school in Mosul and children come thundering out of the classroom. It's the first day of school. An ordinary scene, except it hasn't happened for three...
View ArticleWar destroyed our family. Facebook brought us back together.
My great aunt, Milagros Ortiz, has an air about her that's warm and calm. Her laugh is loud, and when she speaks, it's right to your soul. In her house in British Columbia, we listen to traditional...
View ArticleHow Daniel Ellsberg learned to start worrying and hate the bomb
The acronym MAD stands for mutual assured destruction. The concept has been a cornerstone of U.S. military security policy since the creation of nuclear weapons. It's based on the theory that no...
View ArticleRussia, Syria: Israeli Jets Strike Air Base After Alleged Poison Gas Attack...
Updated at 12 p.m. ET Amid international outcry over an alleged poison gas attack in Syria over the weekend, Damascus said one of its air bases had come under attack, first blaming the U.S., but later...
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