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Bring in Nigel Farage and be ready to leave the European Union without a deal. Those messages from President Trump on the eve of his state visit to the UK Sunday.... The President has arrived in the UK Monday for his visit.... Via Twitter Sunday night President Trump condemning Syrian and Russian attacks on Al Qaeda and Turkish-backed nationalists forces in northwestern Syria.... For the second night in a row an Israeli attack on Syria this time targeting the T-4 airbase not too far from where the fighting is going on in the northwestern part of the country.... The French...

'Kim Yong Chol', known as the leader’s most trusted policy adviser, lost his Worker’s Party post as head of relations with South Korea earlier this month and was replaced by Jang Kum Chol, according to Lee Hye-hoon, the head of the South Korean parliament's intelligence committee. 'Kim Yong Chol' also did not accompany the North Korean leader on his trip to Russia on Wednesday for his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.....Kim Yong Chol was North Korea's longtime spy chief. News about Kim’s sudden replacement also comes a week after reports emerged that Kim Jong Un may have demoted his...

As if anybody thought it was not going to happen!.................

Former North Korea spy chief and senior official Kim Yong-chol is headed to US after stopping over in Beijing, presumably for talks with US officials regarding a possible summit between Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, and President Donald Trump, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said on Tuesday. Kim Yong Chol has been closely involved with talks with South Korea as well and his visit to the United States would further indicate preparations for the historic summit are moving ahead. American officials have been in North Korea and an advance team has travelled from Pyongyang to Singapore where the on-again...

N.Korean Spy Chief 'Main Obstacle to Improving Relations' Kim Yong-chol North Korean leader Kim Jong-il will have to sack the head of the regime's operations against South Korea to show it is "sincere" about improving cross-border relations, a government official here said Monday. The official was referring to Kim Yong-chol, director of the North's Reconnaissance Bureau. Kim is believed to have masterminded last year's attacks against the Navy corvette Cheonan and Yeaonpyeong Island. He is also believed to be behind the hacking of agricultural lender Nonghyup. The government believes that as long as he remains close to Kim Jong-il (no...