North Korea claims US soldier ran across border ‘to escape discrimination’
North Korean officials have claimed that Travis King, a detained American soldier, entered the country as a result of alleged “inhuman maltreatment and racial…
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7 killed in Ukraine’s Kherson region, including a 23-day-old girl
Seven people — including a 23-day-old baby girl — were killed in Russian shelling in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Sunday, the country’s Internal…
Is Israel’s judicial overhaul a democratic point of no return?
Israel stands at a precipice after lawmakers from right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling parliamentary coalition on Monday passed a contentious law that radically…
Poland warns Europe must brace for Belarus and Russia’s ‘growing aggressiveness’
Eastern European countries should expect “further provocation” by Belarusian leader and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Polish Ambassador to the US has warned.…
India’s Modi survives no-confidence vote over his handling of ethnic violence
NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday easily defeated a vote of no-confidence taken by the opposition over his handling of…
Israel on edge, Netanyahu hospitalized ahead of Supreme Court overhaul vote
Israel’s far-right government is on track to pass on Monday the first bill in a controversial package of measures to overhaul the judiciary to…
Belarus could be paying Wagner bill, claims MoD
Since the military organisation’s brief mutiny against the Kremlin in June, the “Russian state has acted against some other business interests of Wagner owner…
Americans held in Iran moved to house arrest in prisoner swap deal
Five Americans imprisoned in Iran have been placed under house arrest in the first step of a planned prisoner exchange between Tehran and Washington that…
Spain’s election: No party received enough votes to form a government
There was no clear winner in Spain’s election on Sunday, with both the governing Socialists and opposition center-right Popular Party failing to win the…
Hunt for pervert priest who fled to Italy with teen ‘grooming’ victim
A priest once hailed for his good looks online is now a wanted criminal. Father Alex Crow of Mobile, Alabama, is wanted by the…