North Korea stands in its "strongest strategic position" in decades, a U.S. intelligence report showed Friday, as the recalcitrant regime has been doubling down on its pursuit of advanced weapons that can threaten U.

Russia and Iran are said to be close allies, with the latter even supplying weapons to Russia's war against Ukraine. However, Iran's absence in Russia's Victory Day celebration, where Chinese President Xi Jinping was seen in prominence, has raised questions in Tehran.

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This week, the United Nations General Assembly met for its first-ever public high-level session devoted to North Korea's human rights situation. The meeting highlighted Pyongyang’s brutal repression of its citizens as a driver of global insecurity.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced his support for the bill. An amendment adopted by the House would let the governor add or remove countries to that list.

“When you take a group of people and you say, ‘Everybody has the same character, therefore we will ban them all,’ that is the very definition of racism,” said Rep. Gene Wu (D-Houston), speaking to demonstrators. After speeches on the south steps of the Capitol, demonstrators marched to the Governor’s Mansion.

It likely referred to Rubio’s appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show on Jan 30, in which he called North Korea and Iran “rogue states” as he addressed foreign policy challenges. It was not the ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday there was potential for progess in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. after mediator Oman made several proposals, adding that the talks were complicated and more discussions were needed.