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 […]
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American family of four found dead while on vacation in Mexico, police say Kevin and Amy Sharp informed their family members in Iowa that they had arrived safely at their vacation condominium in Tulum, Mexico. That was on March 15. So when their family didn’t hear from them on Thursday […]
Trump administration hits Iranian hacker network with sanctions, indictments in vast global campaign The Trump administration on Friday announced sanctions and criminal indictments against an Iranian hacker network it said was involved in “one of the largest state-sponsored hacking campaigns” ever prosecuted by the United States, targeting hundreds of U.S. […]
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 […]
Mexico Presidential Front-Runner Plans Steps to Halt ‘Corrupt’ New Airport The leftist front-runner for the Mexican presidency said on Thursday he would file legal challenges to block future work on the capital’s new $13 billion airport, lashing out at the project and its corporate defenders as “corrupt.” Former Mexico City […]
US dropped charges against Turkish bodyguards over DC brawl before Tillerson trip The US has dropped charges against 11 of the 15 bodyguards for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who were indicted after a brawl with protesters outside the country’s embassy in Washington last May, a spokesperson for the US […]
U.N.’s World Water Day makes waves as crisis deepens World Water Day is celebrated at the U.N. as a call to action to recognize that fresh water is not something to take for granted. “More than 2 billion people lack access to safe water, and more than 4.5 billion people […]
Russia blasts Boris Johnson’s Putin-Hitler comparison as insulting, ‘totally irresponsible’ Moscow’s ambassador to the U.K. slammed the British Foreign Secretary’s comparison of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolph Hitler as “disgusting” in an escalating war of words between the two countries. On Wednesday, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said it […]
EU leaders back UK in Russian row over nerve agent attack European Union leaders have sided with the United Kingdom in its worsening diplomatic dispute with Russia over the poisoning of a former Russian double agent, saying it’s “highly likely” Moscow is behind the attack. After meeting with British Prime […]
Vietnam Scraps South China Sea Oil Drilling Project Under Pressure From Beijing: BBC HANOI (REUTERS) – Vietnam’s state oil firm PetroVietnam has ordered Spanish energy firm Repsol to suspend its “Red Emperor” project off the country’s southeastern coast following pressure from China, the BBC reported on Friday. It would be […]
