North Korea has quietly reopened a construction firm in Senegal in an apparent violation of United Nations sanctions targeting Pyongyang’s nuclear programs, VOA Korean has confirmed.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On September 25, 1957, the so-called “Little Rock Nine,” nine black students, are escorted to the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They were escorted by the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army. Three weeks before, then Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus used National Guard troops to prevent court-ordered integration. President Dwight D. Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard and sent the paratroopers to escort the nine students.

The United States announced new sanctions on Chinese entities for “knowingly transporting oil from Iran contrary to United States sanctions,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in New York on Wednesday.

A panel of former national security officials and other experts is calling for the White House and lawmakers to “halt the U.S. military withdrawal” from Syria or face potentially dire consequences.

VIDEO: The growing use of artificial intelligence and automation in the workplace is creating challenges as well as benefits for businesses, institutions and governments. A congressional panel on Tuesday discussed the impact of artificial intelligence on American workers and the future of their jobs.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his political survival following a ruling from Britain’s Supreme Court Tuesday that his decision to suspend Parliament earlier this month was unlawful.