US Secretary of State John Kerry met top officials of North Korea's key ally and aid provider China on Saturday to press them to rein in a defiant Pyongyang, seeking Beijing's help to defuse soaring nuclear tensions. Kerry met first with China's foreign minister Wang Yi after flying in from talks in South Korea with President Park Geun-Hye, where he offered public US support for her plans to initiate some trust-building with the North.

The United States Secretary of State John Kerry said that Israeli and Palestinian leaders have agreed to promote Palestinian economic development as part of a confidence building measure between the two sides. Kerry made the statement as he was leaving Israel, his third visit since assuming the position of secretary of state in February and added that further details would be announced during a press conference in Washington next week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quoted on Tuesday as saying that he welcomed proposals for economic assistance to the Palestinians

US Secretary of State John Kerry was headed for South Korea Thursday on his maiden trip to Asia in a show of American support for regional allies as tensions soar over a feared new missile test by the North. The volatile situation on the Korean peninsula fuelled by a series of bellicose statements by Pyongyang was one of the global crises crowding the agenda for Kerry's two-day talks in London with G8 foreign ministers. North Korea has threatened nuclear strikes against the United States and South Korea, and observers expect a missile launch could happen at any time.

John Kerry is in the midst of articulating his convincing skills.