Category: Global News
South Korea mulls allowing individual tours to North Korea as tensions ease
Unification ministry in Seoul says allowing individual tours will not violate international sanctions.
Video: Protests against World Cup property speculation in Mexico City
Protesters have taken to the streets again in Mexico City to demonstrate against real estate price speculation.
Ecuador’s biggest drug lord ‘Fito’ extradited to US, to plead ‘not guilty’
Adolfo Macias, who was recaptured in June after escaping from prison last year, will appear in New York court on Monday.
Fire on Indonesia ferry kills three, over 500 passengers jump to safety
Social media videos show terrified passengers jumping into sea as flames and black smoke billow from burning vessel.
Climate crisis causing food price spikes around the world, scientists say
Report finds extreme climate events linked to price hikes for rice, corn, cocoa, coffee, potatoes and other food items.
In South Korea, Trump’s tariff threats place US love affair under strain
South Koreans' perceptions of the US have taken a dive amid Trump's 'America First' foreign policy and trade agenda.
Death toll from S Korea rains rises to 18 as met agency warns of heatwaves
Five-day deluge unleashed flash floods and landslides that killed 18 and left nine others missing, authorities say.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,243
Here are the key events on day 1,243 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Southeast Asia’s foreign assistance to fall more than $2bn next year
Poorest nations set to lose out as Western countries redirect development funding to defence and domestic spending.
Israeli fire mows down starving Palestinians in Gaza as hunger deaths surge
UN says starvation in Gaza is man-made as families in the besieged territory endure 'catastrophic hunger'.