SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visited a navy unit and oversaw a strategic cruise missile test, state media reported on Monday, ahead of the start of joint military drills between South Korea and the United States. Kim inspected one of his fleets in the East Sea, also...
WASHINGTON, United States - Donald Trump said Sunday he will skip this week's first Republican presidential debate, arguing that Americans know him well so there's no need for a public showdown with his rivals for the White House. In a message on his platform Truth Social, Trump touted what he...
LOS ANGELES, United States - Heavy rains lashed California on Sunday as Tropical Storm Hilary raced in from Mexico, bringing warnings of potentially life-threatening flooding in the typically arid southwestern United States. With people already on edge, nature struck in another scary way: a...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia said it thwarted Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow and its region on Sunday, a day after a "heinous" missile strike killed seven people and wounded 148 in Ukraine's Chernihiv. Both sides have reported regular drone incursions during the conflict, with strikes on...
MOSCOW, Russia -- The Luna-25 probe, Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the Moon after an incident during pre-landing manoeuvres, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Sunday. Communication with Luna-25 was lost at 2:57 pm (1157 GMT) on Saturday, Roscosmos said....
TOMIOKA, Japan -- Japanese premier Fumio Kishida said Sunday his government has not yet decided when to begin releasing treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. Media reports suggest that the discharge of some of the 1.34 million tonnes of water, which Japan...
Local residents clear debris and shattered glass of the windows at the site of a missile strike in Chernihiv, on August 19, 2023. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) CHERNIHIV, Ukraine - A Russian missile strike on Ukraine's northern city of Chernihiv killed seven people and wounded 144 on Saturday,...
A wildfire rages out of control through forested slopes in La Matanza on the Canary island of Tenerife on August 19, 2023. (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP) LA OROTAVA, Spain - Firefighters made gains in their battle against a vast wildfire on Tenerife on Sunday after better-than-expected overnight...
The McDougall Creek wildfire burns in the hills West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on August 17, 2023, as seen from Kelowna. (Photo by Darren HULL / AFP) KELOWNA, Canada - Officials in western Canada's British Columbia implored tens of thousands of residents to heed warnings and evacuate...
A man walks along a street in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California State, Mexico, as rain and gusts of wind of Hurricane Hilary reach the area, on August 19, 2023. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP) CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - States across the typically arid US southwest braced on Sunday for torrential...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has sent athletes to a taekwondo competition in Kazakhstan, a photo from organizers showed Saturday, the first time in years that Pyongyang has allowed a delegation to travel overseas. The country has been under a rigid self-imposed Covid-19 blockade since...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Elon Musk said Friday his social media company X would scrap a feature that allows users to block posts from specific accounts. "Block is going to be deleted as a 'feature', except for DMs," Musk posted, indicating the option would still be available for "direct...
