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Former President Park Geun-hye speaks upon her arrival at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in southern Seoul for questioning, Tuesday. / Korea Times photo by Koh Young-kwon By Jun Ji-hye The prosecution plans to bring charges against former President Park Geun-hye after looking into 13 corruption allegations raised against her. If convicted on all […]

A passenger scans his boarding card in the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, 04 June 2014. (EPA Photo) Britain is planning to follow the United States by banning laptops and other larger electronic devices from some inbound flights from Middle Eastern countries, The Telegraph and other British media reported. The newspaper […]

The commandos of the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) fought heavy clashes against the Daesh militants. The commandos of the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) fought heavy clashes against the Daesh militants.Iraqi government forces battling Daesh retook control of more areas in the old city centre of western Mosul, while an international airstrike on the Daesh positions killed six leaders of […]

FILE PHOTO: Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire Somalia’s new prime minister named a 26-strong cabinet on Tuesday, including a former foreign affairs chief as finance minister and a BBC journalist as the country’s top diplomat. Hassan Ali Khaire, who was appointed to the post by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed last month, read out his […]

MA launch drill of Hwasong artillery units as shown in this undated photo [KCNA via Reuters] North Korea said Monday it is not frightened by US threats of possible pre-emptive military action to halt its nuclear and missile buildup. A spokesman for North Korea’s Foreign Ministry slammed US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s recent talk […]

FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 20, 2017, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. (AP Photo/Manuel Associated Press | 20 Mar 2017 | by Eileen Sullivan and Eric Tucker WASHINGTON — FBI Director James Comey confirmed Monday that the […]

File photo: Audun Braastad/NTB scanpix Norway has been named the world’s happiest country for the first time, taking the title from Scandinavian neighbour Denmark. Ranked fourth in each of the last two years and second in 2013, Norway has leaped to the top of the social happiness list. Scores are calculated by measuring factors such […]

File Phot File Photo A 25-year-old Indian man decided to go to court to change his name after being rejected from 40 jobs in two years as he has come to the conclusion that having the same name with late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein might be the reason. The marine engineer, who was given the […]

AMMAN: Jordan’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal to extradite Ahlam Al-Tamimi, who was placed on the FBI’s “Most Wanted Terrorist” list, as her family urged Jordan’s government to ensure Al-Tamimi’s safety. The court upheld a ruling issued by an appeals court, the official Petra news agency reported. Petra, quoting a judicial source, said […]

 Trump has found himself at odds with Democrats and Republicans alike The Republican head of a congressional panel investigating accusations of Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election said on Sunday a leak involving former Trump aide Michael Flynn was a crime and that the panel was probing whether other names were leaked. “The one […]