SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Monday that leader Kim Jong Un would visit Russia and meet President Vladimir Putin, with the reclusive leader's armoured train reportedly on its way to the border. Experts suggest that Putin is seeking artillery shells and antitank missiles from North Korea...
TALAT NYACOUB, Morocco - Moroccan rescuers supported by newly-arrived foreign teams on Monday faced an intensifying race against time to dig out any survivors from the rubble of mountain villages, on the third day after the country's strongest-ever earthquake. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck the...
LONDON, United Kingdom - The UK government on Monday faced calls to get tougher with China, after police arrested a parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying for Beijing. The arrest, made earlier this year but only made public this weekend, prompted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to warn Premier...
Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong (R) shakes hands with US President Joe Biden during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on September 11, 2023. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / POOL / AFP) HANOI, Vietnam -- President Joe Biden and senior executives from top US tech firms including Google and...
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) speaks as Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina looks on during the ceremony of signing bilateral agreements at the Prime Minister's office in Dhaka on September 11, 2023. (Photo by Munir uz zaman / AFP) DHAKA, Bangladesh -- President Emmanuel Macron was...
Indian President Droupadi Murmu (2R) looks on as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (3L) and his Saudi Arabian counterpart and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) shake hands during a ceremonial reception at the President House a day after the G20 summit in New Delhi on September 11, 2023....
The family grave of family Ulma is pictured in Markowa on September 10, 2023 during the beatification of the Ulma family. A Polish couple and their seven children, murdered in 1944 by the Nazis for hiding Jews, were beatified in Poland, a first for an entire family in the Catholic Church. (Photo by...
A Russian rescuer speaks on his mobile phone next to a wall bearing an image of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's Kremlin at a polling station during local elections organised by the Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on September 8, 2023. (Photo by...
US President Joe Biden holds a press conference in Hanoi on September 10, 2023, on the first day of a visit in Vietnam. Biden travels to Vietnam to deepen cooperation between the two nations, in the face of China's growing ambitions in the region. (Photo by NHAC NGUYEN / AFP) HANOI, Vietnam -- US...
In this aerial view people march to conmemorate the 50th anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet against socialist President Salvador Allende, in Santiago, on September 10, 2023. (Photo by Javier TORRES / AFP) SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chileans clashed with police Sunday and...
People carry the remains of a victim of the deadly 6.8-magnitude September 8 earthquake, in the village of Imi N'Tala near Amizmiz in central Morocco on September 10, 2023. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) PARIS, France -- Morocco said late Sunday it was accepting offers from just four countries:...
Villagers inspect the rubble of collapsed houses in Tafeghaghte, 60 kilometres (37 miles) southwest of Marrakesh, on September 10, 2023, two days after a devastating 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country. Moroccans on September 10 mourned the victims of a devastating earthquake that killed...
