SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea's foreign minister will visit Russia this coming week, state media reported Sunday, with Washington leading a chorus of global condemnation over Pyongyang's alleged transfers of weapons to Moscow for use in Ukraine. North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui (AFP)...
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te vowed Saturday to defend the self-ruled island from "intimidation" by China, after voters defied warnings from Beijing and swept him to election victory. TOPSHOT - Supporters of Taiwan People's Party (TPP) presidential candidate Ko Wen-je wait...
KYIV, Ukraine - France's newly appointed Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne met Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Saturday on his first official visit abroad, vowing that Paris would maintain its support. French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne holds a press...
TOKYO, Japan - A volcano on Suwanose Island in southwestern Japan erupted just after midnight local time on Sunday, the country's weather agency said. There were no immediate reports of injuries, and evacuations were not ordered. But the Japan Meteorological Agency urged those in the area to...
PARIS, France - France's President Emmanuel Macron called Saturday for fresh talks for the release of the hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. "The French nation is determined that... all the hostages of the October 7 terrorist attacks are freed," he said in a video posted online and broadcast...
WASHINGTON, United States - Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters marched in Washington, London and elsewhere on Saturday as part of a "global day of action" to demand an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza fighting and to oppose US and British support for Israel. Protesters rally during the "March on...
ROME, Italy - A floor in a former Tuscan convent hosting a wedding reception in Italy gave way Saturday, injuring 30 people, authorities said. Five of the injured were in a critical condition after the collapse at the 15th-century building near Pistoia, north of Florence, according to Tuscany's...
EL CARMEN DE ATRATO, Colombia - Rescuers were working against the clock Saturday to find survivors of landslides that claimed at least 33 lives, mostly children, in northwestern Colombia, the country's vice president said Saturday. Members of the rescue team search for people trapped at the area of...
WASHINGTON, United States - US climate envoy John Kerry, a key player in the Biden administration's push to tackle climate change, will step down to work on the president's reelection bid, media reported Saturday. (FILES) Democratic presidential candidate former US Vice president Joe Biden (L)...
QUITO, Ecuador - Colombia's army was on high alert Friday over the possibility that gangsters who escaped from Ecuador's prisons, including a powerful cartel leader, could enter the country. Members of the Army patrol at the Lucha de los Pobres neighbourhood in southern Quito, on January 12,...
WASHINGTON, United States - Recent strikes against Yemen's Huthis are unlikely to end the threat they pose to international shipping, with the Iran-backed rebels having already survived years of heavy aerial bombardment by Gulf states. This handout satellite picture courtesy of Maxar...
WASHINGTON, United States - Federal prosecutors said Friday they will seek the death penalty for a man convicted in the racially motivated murders of 10 Black people in a New York supermarket in 2022. Payton Gendron The move was a first for the administration of Democratic President Joe...
