SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a strengthened nuclear deterrent and warned he would have no hesitation in "annihilating" the rival South, while touring major weapons factories, state media reported Wednesday. Labeling South Korea the "principal enemy", he said...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyanese President Irfaan Ali discussed regional security on Tuesday with a senior US defense official as the South American country remains embroiled in a border row with Venezuela over the oil-rich Essequibo region. Guyanese President Irfaan Ali (AFP) Daniel Erikson,...
MADRID, Spain - At least 6,618 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2023, when record numbers headed for the Canary Islands, a migrants rights group said on Tuesday. This "shameful" figure is almost three times the number recorded in the previous year --...
CHARLESTON, United States - US President Joe Biden reached out to Black voters Monday in an emotional campaign speech at the site of a racist massacre in 2015, but hecklers calling for a Gaza ceasefire highlighted another problem area for the Democrat. US President Joe Biden departs the White...
LOS ANGELES, United States - A man who threw himself at a US judge as she was about to send him to prison wore a Hannibal Lecter-style mask when he appeared before her again to be sentenced Monday. Deobra Redden was shackled, with his hands covered in restrictive mitts, and wore both a rigid...
New York, United States - United Airlines said Monday it has discovered loose bolts on Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes in its fleet during preliminary inspections following an Alaska Airlines mid-flight incident. This handout image released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows...
QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador declared a state of emergency Monday after a dangerous narco boss escaped from maximum security detention and unrest broke out at several prisons in the violence-plagued country. Grab from a handout video released by Ecuador's presidency press office showing Ecuador's...
LOS ANGELES, United States - A US Navy petty officer who pleaded guilty to providing sensitive military information to a Chinese intelligence officer was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Monday, the US Justice Department said. Wenheng Zhao, 26, and another US sailor, Jinchao Wei,...
PARIS, France - French ministers on Monday awaited a cabinet reshuffle expected this week from by President Emmanuel Macron, with the job of the prime minister herself at risk. Commentators see the reshuffle as essential to relaunch Macron's centrist presidency for the final three years of his...
SHIKA, Japan - The number of people unaccounted for after Japan's New Year's Day earthquake more than tripled on Monday to 323 while the death toll rose to 168, according to local authorities. A heavy dumping of snow meanwhile complicated relief efforts a week after the 7.5-magnitude quake,...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea was conducting live-fire drills on its western coast, Seoul's military said Sunday, the third consecutive day of military exercises near its contested maritime border with the South. Seoul's military said that North Korea had "conducted artillery fire with over 90...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Belgian politician Charles Michel has announced he will step down as European Council president after running in the European Parliament elections set for June. (FILES) Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel looks on as he addresses the media after the EU leaders struck a deal...
