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North Korea freed an American it held for a half year for reportedly proselytizing, handing him Saturday to a U.S. envoy who said Washington had not promised to provide aid in exchange for the man's release.

Ecuador said on Tuesday it had declared the U.S. ambassador to the country "persona non grata," demanding the envoy leave over U.S. diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks reporting alleged police corruption.

President Obama's envoy on North Korea said Thursday that officials in Pyongyang agreed on the need to resume nuclear disarmament ...

Washington hopes to coax the nuclear-armed nation back into six-party disarmament negotiations, but Pyongyang wants one-on-one talks with the U.S.

The U.S. envoy in Afghanistan, a former Army general who once commanded troops in the country, has objected strongly to emerging ...