South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday that Seoul would not deploy military assets to the Middle East in a way that could draw the country into war, while acknowledging
Reports from inside North Korea suggest a widening gap between the country’s wealthy elite and its struggling population, with the small trading class increasingly displaying conspicuous wealth while most citizens face bitter
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The BBC is facing renewed scrutiny after the author of a leaked 19-page memo claimed that the broadcaster suffers from systemic bias and that former Director-General Tim Davie had an “editorial blindspot.”
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Kazakhstan, a country that likes to present itself as a bridge between East and West, has once again shown how fragile that bridge can be when Beijing leans too heavily on one
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China has sharply escalated its dispute with Japan by taking its grievances to the United Nations, a move that follows weeks of economic retaliation and fierce political attacks after Japanese Prime Minister
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A majority of judges on a Brazil Supreme Court panel voted Monday to uphold the preventive arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, keeping him behind bars while he awaits the start of
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Down a broken street in Kinshasa, behind an unmarked metal door and a courtyard shaded by a mango tree, sits a small house where a group of traumatised women hide from the
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The three parties preparing to form the next Czech government have rejected the outgoing administration’s draft budget for 2026, arguing that it fails to adequately finance critical spending areas. On Monday, the
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The Venezuelan government on Monday firmly rejected what it described as a “ridiculous” U.S. plan to classify the so-called Cartel de los Soles as a terrorist organization, ahead of an expected announcement
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Japan’s defense minister reaffirmed plans to deploy medium-range missiles to its westernmost island on Sunday, underscoring Tokyo’s growing concerns about regional security as friction with China intensifies over Taiwan. Visiting a military
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A controversial 28-point peace plan abruptly delivered to Kyiv by the Trump administration was the product of weeks of undisclosed negotiations between U.S. real estate executive Steve Witkoff and Russian sovereign wealth
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The diplomatic friction between China and Japan over recent comments by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi continues to escalate. In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, China’s UN Ambassador Fu Cong
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The ongoing debate over the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s files should not distract from the deeper, pervasive problem of child sexual abuse, according to human rights lawyer Eric Lewis, writing in the
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James Vanderbilt’s film Nuremberg, released in UK cinemas on 14 November, centers on Hermann Göring, Hitler’s second-in-command, and his interactions with US army psychiatrist Douglas M. Kelley. The movie draws on the
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The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, created to streamline federal agencies and cut government waste, has officially ceased to exist eight months ahead of schedule, U.S. officials told Reuters. DOGE, launched
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The United States is reportedly gearing up to increase pressure on Venezuela through covert operations, sources told Reuters, as Washington considers a range of measures that could include efforts to overthrow President
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