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...
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...
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...
UNREST: DOZENS KILLED IN BURKINA FASO MILITANTS ATTACK
Civilians were among the dozens slain in a jihadist strike in Burkina Faso, local and security sources told AFP on Sunday. Since 2015, jihadist rebels...
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...
NINE FEARED DEAD AFTER MIGRANT BOAT CAPSIZES ON SERBIA-BOSNIA BORDER RIVER
On Thursday, a boat carrying migrants capsized in the Drina River separating Serbia and Bosnia, killing at least nine people, according to officials, while the...
COURT CONVICTS SRI LANKA PRESIDENT OVER VOTE DELAY
On Thursday, Sri Lanka's top court ruled President Ranil Wickremesinghe guilty of "unlawful conduct" for indefinitely postponing municipal elections viewed as an unofficial vote on...
BREAKING: ATTACK IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA KILLS 13
An attack by unidentified terrorists in Ethiopia's far south killed thirteen people, including five civilians, according to local authorities on Thursday. Serawit Dibaba, spokeswoman for...