Nearly 150 beached whales die after mass stranding in Australia More than 150 short-finned pilot whales stranded themselves Thursday on the southwestern tip of Australia, stunning parks officials and prompting a massive rescue effort to save as many as possible. The mass beaching likely took place sometime Wednesday night to […]

South Korea says North Korea agrees to hold high-level talks South Korea said Saturday that North Korea has accepted its proposal to hold high-level inter-Korean talks next week. In a statement, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said the talks are planned for Thursday. The talks were first proposed by South Korea […]

Russian spy: Being an agent ‘messed up’ Skripal’s life Sergei Skripal regretted being “a double agent” because his life had become “all messed up”, a friend of the Russian former spy has told the BBC. Vladimir Timoshkov also said Mr Skripal did not see himself as a “traitor” because the […]