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North Korea weather agency faces month-long ideological review

North Korea’s State Hydro-Meteorological Administration is undergoing a sweeping, party-ordered ideological review this month after a string of forecasting failures worsened storm and heat...

Russian region launches bear cull after tourist dragged from tent and mauled to death

The authorities have imposed restrictions and deployed drones after a string of attacks involving the predators ...

Israel unleashes new strikes on southern Lebanon (VIDEOS)

Warplanes targeted areas around Nabatieh as the Jewish state continues its campaign against Hezbollah ...

Ex-Zambian minister killed in post-election shooting

Mutotwe Kafwaya was fatally shot when a task force returned fire during an operation targeting suspected national security threats, police have said ...

Porn-content creator picked to promote Warsaw Uprising memory

Monika Laskowska was presented as an ‘Ambassador of Remembrance’ of Poland’s 1944 anti-Nazi revolt before organizers reversed course ...

Pakistan expands powers of military chief

Asim Munir now has influence over officers’ careers, in addition to operational control of all three services ...

52 killed in Nigeria boat disaster

The overloaded vessel was ferrying farm workers when it capsized in northwestern Sokoto State ...

Pirates hijack 2 ships with 22 Indian sailors on board

An oil products tanker was hijacked off Yemen’s coast, while a ship carrying weapons for Turkish forces was taken near Somalia ...

China rejects US demand to join ‘toughest ever’ Iran sanctions

Beijing has called for diplomacy after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged countries to join Washington’s economic campaign against Tehran ...

Rebels restrict travel in DR Congo over ‘Ebola infection plot’

The measures are in response to an alleged health threat from Kinshasa, AFC/M23 political coordinator Corneille Nangaa has said ...

Startup Island Taiwan expands operations in Tokyo

The National Development Council opened a larger Startup Island Taiwan office in Tokyo Aug. 20 to better support Taiwanese firms interested in tapping the...

Pakistani ex-PM Imran Khan moved back to jail after medical checkup

Imran Khan, 73, was taken to an Islamabad hospital under heavy security at 1 AM on Friday, following a Supreme Court order ...

Trump plays the Kim Jong Un card amid Seoul-Washington discord

Recently, South Korea-US relations have taken a troubling turn. After North Korea’s military pushed ahead with fortification work along the Military Demarcation Line, including...

Russia conducts missile test near Kuril Islands after Japanese protest

The drills come a week after Tokyo criticized President Vladimir Putin’s first ever-visit to the archipelago ...

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