SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed major weapons tests and called for the military’s “deadly and destructive offensive posture” to be bolstered, state media reported Friday, days after the country commissioned its first naval destroyer. The development was...
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The death toll from Venezuela’s catastrophic earthquake has risen to around 235, with at least 4,300 people injured, Health Minister Carlos Alvarado told state media on Thursday. “Unfortunately, we have received around 235 patients who arrive without vital signs...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A United Nations agency paused the evacuation of ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday after the British military said a vessel was hit by a projectile off the coast of Oman following the passage of several tankers that used a route backed by the U.N....
TOKYO (Jiji Press/AP) — A powerful earthquake struck off Japan’s northern coast on Thursday, but the country’s meteorological agency said there was no danger of a tsunami. Eleven people have been confirmed to have suffered injuries. The quake had a magnitude of 7.2 and occurred off the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Liberian oil tanker made its way out of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday despite threats to shipping from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and using a new route close to Oman’s shore that has been promoted by a U.N. maritime agency. The transit of...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the treason conviction and 14-year prison sentence of two journalists who posted photographs on Facebook last year related to border clashes with Thailand, prompting new accusations from rights groups that Prime Minister...
TOKYO, June 25 (Jiji Press) -- A powerful earthquake hit the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan on Thursday morning, measuring upper 6, the second-highest level on the country 's seismic intensity scale, in Aomori Prefecture. The temblor, with an estimated magnitude of 6.9, occurred around...
HONG KONG (AP) — China 's Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday defended the country 's technological advancements as an opportunity for the world rather than a threat. Li also said the country 's heavy state subsidies were not the main reason for the rapid rise of its high-tech...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces struck a major natural gas processing plant and two key satellite communications centers in their latest nighttime attack on Russia, Ukraine 's General Staff said Wednesday. The operation was part of Ukraine 's aerial campaign targeting energy...
WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will check in face-to-face with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, visiting the volatile U.S. leader two weeks before the annual summit of the military alliance at a time when the Pentagon is reviewing the size of the U.S. military footprint...
PARIS (AP) — A positive case of Ebola virus has been identified in France in a patient traveling back from Congo, the French Ministry of Health said Wednesday. The individual, who has not been identified, returned from a humanitarian mission in one of the virus transmission zones in Congo and...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — To someone who is getting sucked out to sea by a rip current, "Don 't panic!" may be difficult to heed, even if that 's exactly what you should do. But lifeguards say to not only relax but flip over and float out of the danger. Rip currents are one of the coast 's...
