SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament has voted to abolish laws on economic cooperation with the South, state media said Thursday, as relations between the two neighbors hit new lows. Ties between the two Koreas have been in a deep freeze as Pyongyang accelerates its weapons...
This handout illustration taken on February 7, 2024 and released by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on February 8 shows two photos - one the location of a contaminated water leak (L) - and a second image (R) showing a close-up of the vent (R) where the water was released, at part of the...
MADRID, Spain - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met Tuesday in Madrid with families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza by Hamas and called for their "immediate and unconditional release". The Palestinian militant group seized around 250 hostages during an unprecedented attack against Israel...
PARIS, France - President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday is to hold a ceremony paying tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, with relatives of those killed and held hostage expected to attend. The presidency also said this week that France will provide...
BEIJING, China - Beijing on Wednesday condemned "groundless accusations" after the Dutch government accused Chinese hackers of conducting a spying campaign against the Netherlands. In a statement Tuesday, the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service said it had discovered malware...
TBILISI, Georgia - At least four people were killed and five were missing after a landslide in western Georgia, officials said Wednesday. The landslide happened in the early hours of the morning in the village of Nergeti, some 170 kilometres from the Black Sea nation's capital Tbilisi....
MOSCOW, Russia - The Kremlin said Wednesday "many" foreign news outlets had requested to interview President Vladimir Putin, contradicting talk show host Tucker Carlson's claim he was the only Western reporter to ask. The former Fox News host, who visited Moscow for an interview with Putin...
HONG KONG, China– A Hong Kong airport ground worker was killed when he was hit by a towed aircraft on Tuesday, authorities said, a rare incident that prompted an arrest for dangerous driving. The unnamed victim, a 34-year-old Jordanian national working in Hong Kong, is believed to have...
This handout photo taken and released on January 19, 2024 by Thailand's Ministry of Education shows Thailand's Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob (R) meeting with North Korea's ambassador to Thailand Kim Je Bong in Bangkok. Thailand's Education Minister on February 6, 2024 has praised North...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia– Thailand's chief negotiator hailed a positive atmosphere as peace talks resumed Tuesday aimed at ending a rumbling two-decade insurgency in the kingdom's deep south. A low-level conflict has dragged on in Thailand's southernmost provinces since 2004, with...
This photo taken on December 8, 2022 shows Taratera cannabis lab co-owner Kajkanit "Gem" Sakdisubha smelling a cannabis plant inside one of their medicinal cannabis dispensaries, The Dispensary by Taratera, in Bangkok. The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of...
OSLO, Norway– Norway's Telenor has installed the southernmost mobile phone base station in the world in Antarctica, marking a breakthrough for data collection and the safety of researchers, the phone operator said Tuesday. At the 72nd parallel south, the installation -- located near the...
