ILLEGAL USE OF DRUGS: SOUTH KOREAN ACTOR YOO AH-IN JAILED FOR ONE YEAR
High-profile South Korean actor Yoo Ah-in was found guilty Tuesday of illegal use of the anaesthetic drug propofol and handed a one-year jail term, the...
LIBYA TRAFFICKING KINGPIN ASSASSINATED
A former head of Libya’s coastguard, who was known as a key trafficker of people and fuel, has been shot dead by unknown assailants, local...
WORLD NEWS: UK GOVT ANNOUNCES PARTIAL SUSPENSION OF ARMS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL
Britain announced on Monday that it would suspend 30 out of 350 arms export licenses to Israel, citing a "clear risk" that they could be...
PROTEST ROCKS CANADA AS 70,000 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FACE DEPORTATION
Foreign students are protesting in Canada after authorities announced plans to deport them as part of a new immigration policy. They are putting pressure on...
FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON DENIES POLITICAL MOTIVE IN TELEGRAM CEO’S ARREST
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday denied any political link to the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov, as the tech tycoon spent a second day...
RUSSIAN STRIKES ON UKRAINE POWER GRID KILLS FOUR
Russian missile and drone strikes hit Ukraine's power grid on Monday, killing at least four people and forcing officials to implement emergency blackouts. Officials claimed...
VIETNAM ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTERS
Vietnam appointed three new deputy prime ministers on Monday, the latest high-level leadership shift during a difficult moment for the ruling Communist Party. Political upheaval...
JUST IN: 11 DEAD, 14 MISSING IN NORTHEAST CHINA FLOODS
Agency Report The northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning has seen intense rains in recent days, resulting in eleven fatalities and fourteen unaccounted-for deaths, according to...
LATEST NEWS: RUSSIAN INMATES TAKE STAFF HOSTAGE AT PRISON COLONY
At a prison colony in the southern Volgograd district, Russian prisoners on Friday took staff members hostage during attacks that, according to officials, left four...
BRITISH TECH MAGNATE, LYNCH’S BODY RECOVERED FROM YACHT, DAUGHTER MISSING
The body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch was retrieved on Thursday from the wreck of his family yacht that sank this week off the...