US President Donald Trump remains optimistic about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un following Pyongyang's launch of several short-range projectiles on Saturday. South Korea's military says the projectiles were fired from Wonsan on the eastern side of North Korea.
A recap of developments in Venezuela since opposition chief Juan Guaido declared himself acting president in January 2019 and vowed to remove President Nicolas Maduro from office.
The defense ministers of Japan and Vietnam have agreed that the international community should work together to peacefully resolve the issue of the South China Sea. China's military presence is growing in the waters.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced Wednesday to 50 weeks in jail for breaching a British court order seven years ago, when he took refuge in Ecuador's London embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden.
