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A women’s union crackdown in the North Korean border city of Hyesan has targeted a home-based tailoring workshop this September, with officials publicly criticizing...

The Russian foreign minister ignored the British state broadcaster’s leading question, pointing instead to Western-supplied weapons being fired at Russia ...

Moscow says local light industry goods now hold 45% of the market, with the government aiming to raise that to 60% ...

The embattled French president is facing two overlapping protest movements and an approval rating of less than 20% ...

Beijing’s latest initiatives reveal an ambition to shape global cooperation while treating AI as a core national security priority ...

The Netherlands has summoned the Israeli ambassador over the move, which West Jerusalem is calling a response to Dutch sanctions ...

California is home to one of the country’s largest Muslim communities, estimated at up to one million people ...

Germany and five other countries have threatened to veto the bloc’s next budget unless Brussels cuts hundreds of billions in spending ...

The German party system is fracturing as defense spending rises, but its place in a US-led security order limits Berlin’s freedom to act ...

The Shokalsky Strait lies along the strategically important Northern Sea Route, the shortest maritime passage between Asia and Europe ...

London’s foreign-state theory is looking increasingly shaky after five suspects were bailed and no explosives were found ...

Reporting from Jalud, Charlotte Dubenskij details how settlers are defying an order from Israel’s High Court ...

Jonathan McKinsey was embroiled in a bitter custody battle when he was allegedly shot dead by his in-laws, court documents show ...

A new survey indicates deep concern over graft after a series of scandals involving officials close to Vladimir Zelensky ...