In downtown Seoul, some 40 young South Koreans last month braved early winter chills to show their support for a planned visit to the South Korean capital by North Korea’s leader, chanting “Kim Jong Un! Kim Jong Un! Kim Jong Un is a great man!” Kim Soo-geun, who founded a youth group called...

Yemen’s warring parties convene in Sweden on Thursday for U.N.-led peace talks for the first time since 2016 in a small victory for special envoy Martin Griffiths as he attempts to relaunch negotiations to end nearly four years of war. Various U.N. mediators had sponsored a series of failed...

The daughter of Chinese tech giant Huawei’s founder has been arrested in Canada and is facing extradition to the United States, dealing a blow to hopes of an easing of Sino-U.S. trade tensions and rocking global stock markets. The shock arrest of Meng Wanzhou, who is also Huawei Technologies...

For decades, Belgian schoolchildren had come to the Africa Museum near Brussels to marvel at the stuffed animals, drums, ritual masks and minerals that glowed in the darkness of vast cellars. Old imperialists lounged for languid lunches, reminiscing about their glorious past. Out of sight was...

France has abandoned an increase in fuel taxes following weeks of violent demonstrations. “The government is ready for dialogue and is showing it because this tax increase has been dropped from the 2019 budget bill,” Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Wednesday in a speech at the...

The nation’s largest police force unveiled a newly acquired fleet of drones as part of a program to help officers in an array of different settings. The New York Police Department (NYPD) said Tuesday the drones would be used for search and rescue missions, collision and crime scene...

International Criminal Court prosecutors intend to complete "as early as possible" a long-running preliminary investigation into allegations of crimes in Palestine, according to a report issued Wednesday. The annual report by ICC prosecutors on progress in nine so-called preliminary...

Libya is set to launch a campaign overseen by the World Health Organization to vaccinate more than 2.7 million children after months of shortages, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. The "national immunization campaign", organized with the United Nations children fund UNICEF, is...

The Oct. 2 killing in Istanbul of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi should face an international probe, just not one by the UN, said the UN human rights chief on Wednesday. “We urged an international probe on the Khashoggi case. But we don't have jurisdiction for a criminal...

At least eight Nigerian soldiers were killed in recent Boko Haram raids on some military positions in the northeastern Nigeria, the local media reported on Wednesday. The Nigerian daily Punch quoted the army spokesman Sani Usman as saying that more than 10 Boko Haram militants were...

There is "no doubt" Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman was involved in the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Senator Marco Rubio said Wednesday. "Just from what we know about Saudi Arabia, what we know about the crown prince and what we know about this murder...

A day after President Emmanuel Macron's administration backed down in the face of nationwide protests and suspended a fuel-tax, the government has suggested it could also amend a wealth tax that critics say goes too easy on the rich. Speaking on RTL radio, government spokesman...

OPEC and Russia moved closer Wednesday to agreeing cuts in oil production from next year despite pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to reduce the price of crude. OPEC meets Thursday in Vienna, followed by talks with allies such as Russia on Friday. OPEC's de facto leader, Saudi...

Dubai's ruler has resisted efforts by Kuwait to release nearly $500 million in frozen funds at the heart of a money laundering probe straining relations between the two Gulf allies, according to correspondence seen by Reuters. The investigation is taking place as the United Arab Emirates...

Yemen's warring parties will meet in Sweden this week for another attempt at talks aimed at halting their catastrophic 3-year-old war, but there are few incentives for major compromises, and the focus is likely to be on firming up a shaky de-escalation. U.N. officials say they don't...

Istanbul's chief prosecutor has filed warrants for the arrest of a top aide to Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler and the deputy head of foreign intelligence on suspicion of planning the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, two Turkish officials said on Wednesday. The prosecutor's office has...

The U.S. eyes to strengthen its military presence in Cyprus, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday. A U.S. delegation recently inspected the strategic military objects in Cyprus with a view to use them for forward basing, Maria Zakharova told a news...

Djibouti's foreign minister on Wednesday said Eritrean President Isaias Afeworki will pay a visit to his country “soon”. Djibouti and Eritrea have been maintaining high level contacts after Ethiopia’s recommendation for a region-wide thaw was accepted across the board. “We don’t...

Military officials from Lebanon, Israel and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) met on Wednesday to discuss recent developments along Israeli-Lebanese border, according to Israeli media.   The meeting took place at the UN headquarters in Ras an-Nakura area on the...

NATO is in Afghanistan to fight against international terrorism, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday. "We are in Afghanistan to help the Afghan people but we are also in Afghanistan to help ourselves. We are there to fight international terrorism and to prevent...