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Heads of state and diplomats who have interacted with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee say she uses humor, and talk of food, to help leaven hard discussions. Like most vice [...]

Byline: PAUL WALDIE; Staff LONDON -- King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and begun to receive treatment, less than 18 months into his reign. Messages of [...]

Byline: Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff In the days since Hamas's surprise attack on Israel on Saturday, leaders across the world have weighed in. Many have condemned Hamas, while some have laid the [...]

Byline: Washington Post Staff Shortly after 4 a.m. local time on Feb. 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. This oral history describes the first day of the war as recalled by [...]

Analysts said the new weapon was probably a solid-fuel ICBM, which the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, has wanted to add to his country's growing nuclear arsenal. SEOUL -- North Korea [...]

Byline: Karla Adam and Miriam Berger LONDON - The death on Thursday of Queen Elizabeth II prompted an outpouring of condolences from leaders around the world. Presidents, prime ministers and [...]

Byline: Adam Taylor, Karina Tsui and Erin Cunningham The Supreme Court's decision Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade - and revoke the constitutional right to an abortion - has triggered [...]

Byline: Loveday Morris, Rick Noack and Chico Harlan BERLIN - The leaders of the European Union's three largest economies on Thursday said they were backing Ukraine's candidacy to join the [...]

Byline: Loveday Morris, Rick Noack and Chico Harlan BERLIN - The leaders of France, Germany and Italy visited Ukraine on Thursday during a decisive moment in the war, as President [...]

The tests came just as President Biden wrapped up a trip to the region with a promise to deter the North's nuclear and missile threat. SEOUL -- North Korea launched [...]

Byline: Andrew Jeong and Sammy Westfall Leaders around the world condemned the shooting at an elementary school in Texas that killed 19 children and two teachers, describing it as 'senseless' [...]

Byline: FRANK CHING Lead Hong Kong-based journalist Days before the United States convened a summit for democracy in early December, Beijing issued a white paper titled China: Democracy That Works. [...]

Byline: ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG -- Lead Hong Kong's largest teachers' union said it disbanded Tuesday due to the changing political climate, as the government continues its crackdown on dissent [...]

During a Workers' Party meeting, the North Korean leader reviewed the new U.S. policy on his country and ordered ''counteraction,'' state news media reported. SEOUL -- North Korea's leader, Kim [...]

Byline: Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned about possible food shortages and urged the country to brace for extended COVID-19 restrictions [...]

South Korean music, movies and dramas are winning the hearts of young North Koreans. Their influence is seen as a threat to Mr. Kim's grip on society. SEOUL -- Kim [...]

South Korean music, movies and dramas are winning the hearts of young North Koreans. Their influence is seen as a threat to Mr. Kim's grip on society. SEOUL -- Kim [...]

Byline: MARK MacKINNON, Staff Lead It has been almost a decade since I put the question directly to Aung San Suu Kyi: Why didn't her people rise up against Myanmar's [...]

For Print Use Only. The following editorial appears in The Washington Post: - - - Reports that North Korea might be preparing a provocative test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile [...]

Byline: Simon Denyer and Min Joo Kim TOKYO - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opened a rare ruling party Congress this week with a frank admission that his country's [...]

Byline: Siobhán O'Grady and Ruby Mellen For years, world leaders from the Group of 20 have gathered at an annual meeting to discuss the global economy. The summit includes a [...]

Byline: Adam Taylor and Siobhán O'Grady President-elect Joe Biden began fielding congratulatory phone calls from world leaders this week. The conversations, traditional courtesies after U.S. elections, have been complicated by [...]

Byline: Adam Taylor With the coronavirus pandemic surging in many parts of the globe, world leaders are warning as the holiday season approaches that Christmas, like much else this year, [...]

Byline: Simon Denyer and Min Joo Kim TOKYO - North Korea showed off what appeared to be a huge, new inter-continental ballistic missile at a military parade Saturday, although leader [...]

Byline: Michael Birnbaum BRUSSELS - France and Germany's leaders sharply criticized Turkey's escalating offensive against Kurds in Syria on Sunday, calling for a halt and warning of painful consequences for [...]

Byline: Hugh Hewitt 'You say, 'Away with you Communists.' We say, 'Away with you imperialists.' Sometimes we say things like that. It would not do not to do that.' That [...]

Byline: the Monitor's Editorial Board Abstract: Beijing's claim that the West was behind the territory's protests was shattered by Hong Kong's leader, who now admits the people's grievances. For three [...]

Byline: Suzanne Sataline Contributor Abstract: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam acceded Wednesday to a key demand of protesters. But her critics immediately called the move 'too little, too late.' Five [...]

Byline: Shibani Mahtani HONG KONG - Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Saturday appealed in a Facebook post for dialogue between her government and protesters, as demonstrators again returned [...]

Byline: Shibani Mahtani HONG KONG - Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Saturday appealed in a Facebook post for dialogue between her government and protesters, as demonstrators again took [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has received an ''excellent'' letter from President Trump, the country's state media said on Sunday, two days after President Xi Jinping [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea will temporarily suspend its epic mass gymnastics show, a rare foreign tourist attraction in the isolated country, after the propaganda-filled festival was panned by [...]

President Trump remains bullish that the North Korea nuclear threat can be contained. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, the president praised the ''incredible meeting'' he had the day before with [...]

BRAZIL At least seven killed in school shooting At least seven people were killed in Brazil on Wednesday after two masked men opened fire at a school near the southeastern [...]

Byline: Jan Lundius STOCKHOLM / ROME, Mar 11 (IPS) - After his first meeting with Kim Jong-un Donald Trump declared: 'And then we fell in love, okay? No, really - [...]

Byline: Kathleen Parker If he were alive today, Mark Twain might say the following: 'There's lies, damned lies -- and Donald Trump.' The president of the United States not only [...]

Byline: Shibani Mahtani SINGAPORE - Vice President Pence on Wednesday told Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, that violence against Rohingya Muslims in her country is 'without excuse' [...]

Byline: John Wagner;Seung Min Kim President Trump received cautious pushback Thursday from fellow Republicans for saying he believed North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's assertion that he was unaware of [...]

Byline: Rick Noack In the past, the words 'interview' and 'North Korean leader' in the same sentence would have seemed like fiction. When the movie 'The Interview' was released in [...]

Byline: John Hudson HANOI -- In a 20-second exchange on Wednesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did something he's never had to as the head of the world's most [...]

Byline: Adam Taylor President Trump's talks in Hanoi with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were expected to produce at least symbolic results. There was talk of a declaration to [...]

Byline: James McAuley;Rachelle Krygier ;Anthony FaiolaPARIS -- Key European leaders have overwhelmingly backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's interim president after President Nicolás Maduro ignored a demand by seven [...]