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Court reissues warrant for impeached South Korean president, who remains at residence
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- Seoul Western District Court on Tuesday night reissued a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.The Corruption Investigation Office c...
Jan 08, 2025
At least 126 dead, scores injured in 6.8 magnitude earthquake near holy city in Tibet, Chinese media reports
Sunil Sharma via Getty Images(TIBET) -- At least 126 people were killed and more than 188 others were injured as a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Tibet's holy city on Tuesday, accordin...
Jan 07, 2025
North Korea fired hypersonic missile in message to 'rivals,' Kim Jong Un says
Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(LONDON) -- North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday claimed a successful test a new type of intermediate-range hypersonic bal...
Jan 07, 2025
Ukraine is bringing war 'back to Russia,' Zelenskyy says after new Kursk offensive
DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 31: Ukrainian soldiers watch the Zelensky New Years Eve address from their base in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on 31 December 2024. (Photo by Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via...
Jan 07, 2025
US transfers 11 Guantanamo detainees to Oman, leaving 15 at Cuba facility
Elise Swain/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In a major development, the Pentagon on Monday announced the transfer 11 Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay to Oman, a move that now leaves only 15 detainees st...
Jan 06, 2025
Justin Trudeau says he'll resign as prime minister of Canada
Kamara Morozuk/Bloomberg via Getty Images(OTTAWA, Canada) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he intends to resign as Liberal Party leader and prime minister once a new party leade...
Jan 06, 2025
North Korea tests ballistic missile as Blinken visits South Korea
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul (R) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shake hands during a joint press conference following their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on January 6...
Jan 06, 2025
Middle East live updates: Gaza death toll rises to 46,000, officials say
Security forces and emergency workers respond to the scene of a shooting attack that targeted a bus and other vehicles on January 6, 2025 in the Palestinian village of Al-Funduq, West Bank. Three peop...
Jan 06, 2025
Ukraine launches new offensive in Russia's Kursk region, Kyiv and Moscow confirm
Yevhenii Vasyliev/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Ukrainian forces on Sunday launched a new offensive inside Russia's western Kursk border region, going on the attack with substanti...
Jan 06, 2025
Protesters gather at impeached South Korean president's residence, as arrest warrant nears expiration
Philip Fong via Getty Images(SEOUL) -- Thousands of South Korean citizens were gathering on Sunday near impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence a day before an arrest warrant for him expires.Pro...
Jan 05, 2025