16+ hour, 13+ min ago   (577+ words) North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles Saturday, Seoul said, a day after South Korea concluded five days of joint maritime drills with the United States and Japan that were focused on the North. Pyongyang last month slammed plans for the…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago   (823+ words) By Sonny Lo Shiu Hing All these circumstances can affect the personal security of Chinese citizens, who can be barred from visiting problematic places. While the scope of Article 2 embraces the broader aspects of war and conflicts, it can also…...

16+ hour, 20+ min ago   (770+ words) “Good job!” Outside Stockholm’s Farsta subway station where a 2023 shooting killed two innocent bystanders, locals thank Max Akerwall and his police team for turning the tide on gang violence. An otherwise tranquil country, Sweden has endured over a decade of…...

17+ hour, 1+ min ago   (422+ words) Niger’s junta chief appointed a new chief of staff, state TV reported on Friday, after a thwarted army mutiny last month shook his grip on power. Supporters of the military government put down the attempted uprising with the help of…...

16+ hour, 46+ min ago   (672+ words) A fire and stampede at a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 26 children, the UN children’s agency said on Friday, with some pupils leaping from windows on high floors to escape the carnage. The blaze…...

16+ hour, 44+ min ago   (795+ words) At least 23 prisoners have died in Tunisia in recent weeks due to extreme heat, according to rights advocates, who have long condemned harsh detention conditions made worse by overcrowding. Authorities have yet to release figures for prison deaths this summer,…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (471+ words) A British man appeared in court in London on Thursday charged with preparing to sabotage a drone factory and drone manufacturing sites on behalf of Russian military intelligence. Prosecutors allege that Joshua Cammidge, 31, contacted a representative of Russia’s military intelligence…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (462+ words) The US-led anti-jihadist coalition has begun withdrawing from Iraq’s Kurdistan region ahead of a deadline to end their mission in the country, a Kurdish official said Thursday. They had already completed their withdrawal from other bases in Iraq in January…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (301+ words) South Sudan has seen no progress on corruption or political stability, a United Nations commission warned on Thursday after touring the country ahead of its first-ever elections. The government said it intends to hold the polls in December, 15 years after…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (880+ words) Iran is intensifying confrontational actions against the United States in the hope of further raising the cost of the conflict for President Donald Trump less than two months ahead of the US midterm elections, analysts say. Over half a year…...