Donald Trump's options on North Korea largely unchanged

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North Korea’s determination to press ahead with missile tests is a challenge Trump will have to confront.

Bannon could be cut down, but Spicer at risk of career self-harm

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Approaching the 100-day mark, the marker at which there's a reckoning on the performance of a new American president, there's much speculation that Donald Trump is contemplating a shake-up.

Trump family centre stage as Syrian and North Korean crises unfold

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A presidential son is daring Moscow to mess with his "tough" father, who was influenced in deciding to bomb Syria by a presidential daughter.

On Syria's future, Donald Trump administration is all action, conflicted talk

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Amidst a sea of contradiction on Donald Trump's foreign policy, Rex Tillerson has raced ahead of the administration pack.

US and Russia 'one step away from combat'

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Trump's response to Tuesday's sarin gas attack was visceral, heartfelt and entirely understandable. But in contradicting his every tweet, it triggers alarms.

Syria, a complex conflict just became more complex

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If there was a selfish, inward-looking core to Donald Trump's election-winning "America First" philosophy, it took a backseat to human decency on Thursday.

Donald Trump prepares to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, but has the US president done his homework?

He has the economic power and the military might of the US behind him. But as Donald Trump receives Chinese leader Xi Jinping at his Florida resort Mar-a- Lago on Thursday, worries persist that the US president hasn't done his homework.

Bannon booting a McMaster stroke from Trump NSA chief

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The rise and rise of controversial White House star strategist Stephen Bannon has hit a wall.

Chemical attack in Syria poses profound questions for Trump's leadership

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Has Donald Trump's rhetoric emboldened Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to unleash more suffering on his own people.