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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waves from a balcony of the Grand People's Study house following a military parade in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017.

Kim Jong Un's great miscalculation?

Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto (L), 54, is escorted upon her arrival at the Shah Alam High Court ahead of the verdict in her drugs conviction in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, on December 27, 2017.
Exposto was arrested in December 2014 at Kuala Lumpur airport with 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds) of the drugs stitched into the compartment of a backpack she was carrying. / AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN (Photo credit should read MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Australian grandmother sentenced to death by hanging for drug smuggling

This May 23, 2018 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows the nuclear test site in Punggye-ri, North Korea. A group of foreign journalists departed by train Wednesday to watch the dismantling of North Korea's nuclear test site after eight reporters from South Korea received last-minute permission to join them. (DigitalGlobe via AP)

North Korea blows up tunnels at Punggye-ri nuclear test site

A woman walks past the United States embassy in Beijing on February 6, 2010 where a US missionary released by North Korea after entering the communist country on Christmas Day to protest against human rights abuses is being assisted by embassy consular officers after his arrival in Beijing en route to his homeland, the US embassy said. North Korean authorities detained Robert Park, 28, for illegal entry after he crossed a frozen border river from China carrying a letter calling on leader Kim Jong-Il to free political prisoners, shut prison camps, improve rights and step down. The missionary had expressed "sincere repentance" for his actions, which were prompted by "false propaganda" from the West, the North's official news agency said on February 5 upon announcing his release. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

Pompeo says China incident 'entirely consistent' with Cuba 'sonic attacks'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) walks with China's Premier Li Keqiang during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 24, 2018. - Merkel is on a three-day visit to China and will also visit Shenzhen in the country's south. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)

China, Germany to stay in Iran nuclear deal as Khamenei lists demands

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 19: Actor Jet Li attends Alibaba Group's initial price offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange on September 19, 2014 in New York City. The New York Times reported yesterday that Alibaba had raised $21.8 Billion in their initial public offering so far. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Jet Li tells fans he's 'feeling great' after shocking viral photo

(L to T) Ministers of Foreign Affairs from Argentina Jorge Faurie, Germany Heiko Maas, China Wang Yi and Australia Julie Bishop pose for a family photo at the Palacio San Martin during the G20 foreign ministers' meeting on May 21 , 2018 in Buenos Aires. - With consensus on sensitive issues such as Iran, Syria or the Palestinians appearing elusive, G20 foreign ministers will focus on the fight against terrorism and climate change during their meeting in Buenos Aires. (Photo by EITAN ABRAMOVICH / AFP) (Photo credit should read EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images)

Australia's attempts to rebuild relationship with Beijing run into trouble

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 31: A shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion aircraft is seen on low cloud cover while it searches for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on March 31, 2014 in Perth, Australia. Several objects have been sighted in the Indian Ocean over the past few days, but none confirmed to be related to the missing airliner. The Malaysian airlines flight disappeared on March 8 with 239 passengers and crew on board and is suspected to have crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. (Photo by Rob Griffith/Pool/Getty Images)

Australian investigators dismiss MH370 murder-suicide theory

This frame grab from video provided by KK Productions shows protestors crowd a road in Tuticorin, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Police opened fire Tuesday on protesters demanding the closure of a south Indian copper plant, killing nine people, officials said. The violence came amid months of protests against the Sterlite copper smelting plant in the town of Tuticorin, which demonstrators say has polluted the area's groundwater and put local fisheries at risk. (KK Production via AP)

Indian court halts expansion of copper plant after deadly protests

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - JANUARY 23: Malaysian Airlines aircrafts are seen at the busy terminal of Kuala Lumpur International airport on January 23, 2017 in Sepang, Malaysia. The families of victims onboard the missing flight MH370 said on Sunday they plan to hand deliver a petition and personal letters to Malaysian Transport Minister, Liow Tiong Lai, during his visit to Australia, urging him to resume search for the missing plane after authorities recently announced the international search is suspended. The reputation of Malaysian Airlines remained stained by the flight that went missing in March 2014 while traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers aboard, 154 were Chinese. (Photo by Rahman Roslan/Getty Images)

MH370 search to end on May 29 after four years

TOPSHOT - A Pakistani bride attends at a mass-wedding ceremony in Karachi on May 28, 2018.
At least 100 couples participated in the mass wedding ceremony organised by a local charity welfare trust Al Ghousia Welfare Organization. / AFP PHOTO / RIZWAN TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images)

UK mother jailed for forcing daughter to marry in Pakistan

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What the US and North Korea mean when they talk about 'denuclearization'

Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung performs during a live concert to promote his new album in Taipei on July 21, 2013. Cheung's new album "1/2 Century Tour Jacky Cheung" was released on July 19, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Mandy CHENG (Photo credit should read Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images)

You can run, but can't hide from AI in China

Border guards keep watch near a border post in Rakhine state in Myanmar in November 2017.

Report claims Rohingya militant group massacred nearly 100 Hindus

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