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Iran’s Rouhani Says No Talks With Trump Until Sanctions Are Lifted

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South Korea Launches Military Exercise for Islets Also Claimed by Japan

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India’s Move in Kashmir: More Than 2,000 Rounded Up With No Recourse

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South Korea Says It Will Scrap Intelligence-Sharing Deal With Japan

THE GUARDIAN

US risks China's anger after sealing $8bn deal to sell Taiwan 66 fighter jets

Taiwan will get the latest version of the Lockheed Martin-built fighter, the F-16C/D Block 70, in the $8bn deal, the state department said.

Mike Pompeo, secretary of state, said in a statement that president Donald Trump had green-lighted the proposed sale after Congress was notified last week.

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ISIS Is Regaining Strength in Iraq and Syria

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Seized Iranian Tanker Leaves Gibraltar Despite U.S. Pressure

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North Korea fires more projectiles and says talks with 'impudent' South are over

North Korea has fired at least two unidentified projectiles into the sea off its east coast, shortly after it denounced South Korea’s military drills with the US and declared that inter-Korean talks were over.

THE GUARDIAN

US applies to seize Iranian tanker held in Gibraltar

Trump administration officials told the Guardian that the surprise US request, which complicated efforts by the UK government and the British overseas territory to defuse tensions with Tehran, was consistent with wider efforts by Washington to intensify the effect of existing western economic sanctions on the two countries.

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Brexit, Iran, Huawei: What John Bolton’s ‘interim deals’ could cost

Bolton said he respected the UK’s short-term need to focus on Brexit, but he laid down markers on the two issues that most concern the US: the role of the Chinese technology company Huawei in the UK’s 5G network and the future of the Iran nuclear deal.