Kim Jong Un: North Korea ending test moratoriums
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared that Pyongyang is abandoning its moratoriums on nuclear and intercontinental ballistic ...
Iraq protesters attack US embassy over strikes
Dec31,2019: Several thousand protesters attacked the US embassy in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday in anger at US air strikes that ...
Russia, Ukraine finalize deals for gas transit to Europe
Russian and Ukrainian gas companies say they have finalised a slew of contracts ensuring uninterrupted transit of Russian natural gas ...
Sudan sentences 29 to death for killing teacher in custody
Khartoum, Dec 31: A Sudanese court has sentenced 29 intelligence officers to death for killing a teacher, arrested during protests ...
Militia attack kills 20 in eastern DR Congo
Militants killed 20 people, most of them hacked to death, in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Beni region in the latest ...
Bushfires reach Melbourne as heatwave fans Australia blazes
Around 100,000 people were urged to flee five Melbourne suburbs on Monday evening as Australia’s spiralling bushfire crisis ...
Nicaragua releases dozens of political prisoners
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government on Monday released 91 opposition prisoners held following a deadly crackdown on ...
Microsoft seizes web domains used by North Korean hackers
Microsoft said Monday it obtained a court order allowing it to seize web domains used by North Korean hacking groups to launch ...
North Korea’s Kim urges ‘positive and offensive’ security measures at key party meeting
SEOUL : North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called at a ruling party meeting for “positive and offensive measures” to ensure security ...
Ukraine rivals exchange 200 prisoners in controversial swap
Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists in the country’s war-torn east exchanged 200 prisoners on Sunday, swapping detained ...