Crude oil futures went for a wild ride in European trading Monday but settled down before U.S. markets opened, in part because President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia are talking again.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Saudi Arabia Monday to talk with King Salman about the growing tensions over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Kim Jong Un and Mike Pompeo differed on steps to take toward denuclearization at their meeting on Sunday in Pyongyang, a Japanese news report said.

Kim Jong Un provided no response to U.S. queries into the issue of Japanese abductees during his most recent meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

China's top diplomat urged the United States to put an immediate end to unjust actions on Monday.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday the U.S. and North Korea made "significant progress" in the process of denuclearization.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited "progress on agreements" after meeting with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Saturday to work together in their approaches to denuclearizing North Korea.

North Korea Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui met with a deputy Chinese diplomat to "discuss issues of the Korean Peninsula."

The ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute could impede progress on U.S. North Korea policy and even hurt the South Korean economy, a U.S. analyst says.

When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Pyongyang Sunday, he is likely to discuss permanent dismantlement of missile test and nuclear facilities, according to an official of South Korea's presidential office.

Southeast Asian governments requested the repatriation of Korean War remains from North Korea.

The United States withdrew from the 1955 Treaty of Amity which normalized relations with Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday.

Panicking at the strikes and protests that have crippled the Iranian economy, the besieged mullahs have resorted to torture and arbitrary executions.

South Korea is raising hope of another U.S.-North Korea summit, earlier than expected, according to an official of South Korea's presidential office.