TOKYO / AP The US will not relent until it achieves its objective of ensuring the Korean Peninsula is free of nuclear weapons, Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday while visiting Japan. After meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other leaders, Pence told reporters that President Donald Trump was confident that economic and diplomatic pressure has a …

  RIYADH / AP The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen says one of its helicopters has crashed in eastern Yemen, killing 12 Saudi officers. The coalition says the crash took place in the eastern province of Marib on Tuesday and that it’s investigating the circumstances. It happened as US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, …

  BELGRADE / AP Russian and Serbian officials say Serbia is seeking a Russian air-defense system in addition to fighter jets and battle tanks. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said he negotiated the purchase of the S-300 anti-aircraft rockets during his recent talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Although Serbia claims it wants to be part of the European …