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.

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Turkey early Sunday on the first leg of a 10-day trip to Europe and Asia that would also seek to unlock long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Kerry was expected to encourage Turkish leaders to continue improving ties with Israel. The two countries were once allies, but relations spiraled downward after Israel's 2010 raid on a Turkish flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip.

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday pledged "new efforts" to revive the West Bank economy and remove barriers to growth after three days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. "We agreed among us... that we are going to engage in new efforts, very specific efforts, to promote economic development and remove some of the bottlenecks and barriers that exist with respect to commerce in the West Bank," he said.