UK's Johnson to hold Brexit talks with Macron after Merkel offers glimmer of hope

Aug 22,2019
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Paris on Thursday, a day after Berlin offered a glimmer of hope that an agreement could be reached to avoid a chaotic "no deal" Brexit.
Two U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Aug 22
Two U.S. soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) confirmed Thursday.
2 policemen killed, 1 injured in firing in Pakistan's Islamabad
Aug 22
At least two policemen were killed and another was injured when some unknown militants opened fire at a police check post here on Wednesday night, the additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Islamabad told Xinhua.
US missile test aimed at countering China
Aug 22
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has indicated that the purpose of the recent US cruise missile test was to counter China's growing stockpile of intermediate-range missiles.
UN chief to call for tackling global warming
Aug 22
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to call on world leaders to accelerate efforts to tackle global warming in international conferences due to be held later this month.
N.Korea: No interest in talks because of 'threats'
Aug 22
North Korea says it is not interested in denuclearization talks as long as the United States and South Korea keep up their "military threats."
Japan-US trade negotiators fail to close gap
Aug 22
Japan's minister in charge of trade negotiations with the US says he and his US counterpart have yet to bridge their difference.