Trump cancels Singapore summit with Kim

WASHINGTON –US President Donald Trump informed Kim Jong Un on Thursday that their planned June 12 summit in Singapore would not take place, blaming recent "hostility" from the North Korean regime. 

"Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting," Trump wrote in a letter to Kim released by the White House. 

Trump's letter came after North Korea attacked US Vice President Mike Pence as "ignorant and stupid" for his warnings over the planned summit, renewing a threat to cancel the historic talks. 
12 killed in attacks in Central African Republic capital 

BANGUI, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Twelve people were killed in violent attacks on Wednesday in Bangui, capital of Central African Republic (CAR), where security situation has been deteriorating since mid-April, the CAR Red Cross confirmed on Thursday. 

The attacks occurred at PK5, the commercial center and base of armed gangs of Bangui. 
According to a well-informed local source on condition of anonymity, a grenade was thrown by unidentified gunmen into a market crowd, killing sevral people. Deadly fighting was then provoked in retaliation at Fatima, a neighborhood near PK5. 

In mid-April, more than 20 people, including a UN peacekeeper, were killed after the UN peacekeeping mission known as MINUSCA and the CAR security forces launched a joint disarmament operation at PK5. Enditem 
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