MEXICO CITY / AP Mexico’s mounting unease and resentment over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown are looming over a gathering of US and Mexican leaders that the U.S. had hoped would project a strong future for relations between neighbors. There is no shortage of tension points as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly …

  MANILA / AP The Philippines’ top diplomat says any move by China to transform a Manila-claimed shoal into an island would be a “game-changer” in blossoming relations although he says Beijing has pledged not to undertake any construction in the strategically located area of the South China Sea. Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. said in response to a reporter’s …

  TOKYO / AP North Korea’s state-run news agency issued a tough critique of China on Thursday, suggesting Beijing’s criticism of the North’s recent missile test and suspension of imports of North Korean coal are tantamount to the actions of an enemy state “dancing to the tune of the US.” The article took a tone normally reserved for North Korea’s …