SEOUL, South Korea–North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed his top general and called for stepping up war preparations "in an offensive way", including boosting weapons production and conducting more drills, state media reported Thursday. The developments came at a meeting of the...
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (3R in front row) poses for a group photograph with parliamentarians of the National Assembly outside the parliament house building in Islamabad on August 9, 2023. Pakistan's parliament was due to be dissolved on August 9, with an interim government to be...
NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday that would block and regulate high-tech U.S.-based investments going toward China though Washington said repeatedly that they have no interest in "decoupling" from China. Biden's executive order will designate...
WASHINGTON, United States of America - Much of the eastern United States was lashed by intense storms Monday, leaving at least two people dead, hundreds of thousands without power and thousands of flights canceled or delayed. Millions of people were under severe weather alerts, including tornado...
Tokyo, Japan– Organizers of an annual horse festival in Japan where riders dressed as samurai re-enact battles said Tuesday they were considering changing dates for the gathering next year, after sunstroke affected 111 animals, killing two of them. Japan has recorded its hottest...
GENEVA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has raised the alarm over the impact of current global heatwaves on children, especially in South Asia. The frequency and severity of heatwaves are expected to increase in the future with climate change, UNICEF said Monday....
WASHINGTON, United States– Donald Trump pushed back on Monday against a bid by government lawyers to restrict what he can share publicly about his historic prosecution for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election. "I shouldn't have a protective order placed on...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia on Sunday said its forces struck military airbases in the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne regions in western Ukraine and that "all targets were hit." "Overnight Russia's armed forces carried out strikes ... on Ukrainian armed forces airbases around the settlements of...
ROME, Italy -- At least 30 migrants are missing following two shipwrecks off the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to survivor testimony, the UN's migration agency said Sunday. Around 28 people were reported lost at sea by survivors on one boat, while three were reported missing from the...
TBILISI, Georgia -- At least six people died and dozens were missing in a deadly landslide in western Georgia, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Friday. Â Â Â The landslide hit the Oni municipality in the Racha region on Thursday night, with 35 individuals still missing, said the...
PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's anti-drug police have arrested six foreigners for allegedly trafficking illicit drug, confiscating nearly 790 kg of ketamine, the country's Anti-Drug Department (ADP) said in a news release on Friday. Â Â Â The suspects, all males aged between 26 and 46, were...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethopia -- The Ethiopian federal government on Friday declared a state of emergency in the Amhara region amid ongoing clashes between the military and local militiamen. Â Â Â The decision was made by the Ethiopian Council of Ministers Friday, at the formal request of the Amhara...
