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A majority of South Koreans welcome North Korea’s peace overtures, but many of them remain skeptical about whether the communist regime has any willingness to give up its nuclear program, a survey showed Monday. The Realmeter survey of 500 adults showed that 73.1 percent welcome the recent surprise developments, such as North Korean leader Kim […]

A Bombardier Challenger 604 plane, similar to the one the crashed in Iran, pictured in Ataturk Airport. (Shutterstock) A Turkish private jet flying from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul carrying a group of young women crashed Sunday night in a mountainous region of Iran during a heavy rain, killing all 11 people on board, […]

FILE PHOTO © Public relations center of Federal Security Service / Sputnik Russian security services say they have prevented an attack planned by a terrorist cell. An improvised explosive device and a hand grenade were found in a car during an operation in the western Saratov region. A statement on Sunday’s operation was released by the Russian […]

One of the tunnels that was used by the Islamic State in Mosul. Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Officials at Iraq’s Nineveh province have warned that senior Islamic State leaders were still in hiding at tunnels in the city of Mosul, the birthplace of the extremist group’s self-proclaimed “caliphate”. Hossam al-Abbar, a member of the Nineveh Province Council, […]

Macron announced the investment at the launch of the International Solar Alliance in New Delhi. Photo: Ludovic Marin/AFP French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday pledged hundreds of millions of dollars for solar projects in developing countries, as world leaders met in India to promote greater investment in renewable energy. Macron, who in December warned that […]

China said Sunday that it will not initiate a trade war with the United States, but vowed to defend its national interests in the face of growing American protectionism. “There are no winners in a trade war, and it would bring disaster to our two countries as well as the rest of the world,” Minister […]

A large-scale police investigation is underway in Salisbury at the restaurant and bar where Skripal and his daughter were likely poisoned.  (DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP/GETTY IMAGES) LONDON—British health authorities said Sunday that small traces of contamination have been found in a restaurant and a pub in the English city of Salisbury, after a Russian ex-spy and his daughter were […]

The new law comes in an effort to reduce expat health costs. (Shutterstock) The State of Kuwait is no longer offering a residency permit to expats suffering from cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and other non-infectious diseases. The new law comes in an effort to reduce expat health costs, reported StepFeed. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health […]

A Russian ice cream company has come under fire from members of the Jewish community for one of their desserts for its name that translates as “Poor Jew”. “Introducing the ice cream ‘Poor Jew,’” the brand wrote on its VKontakte page—a Russian social network. “Try all this deliciousness, it turns out that he is not […]

An attendant hands out ballot papers to delegates at the third plenary session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), where delegates will vote on a constitutional amendment lifting presidential term limits, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 11, 2018 © Jason Lee / Reuters The Chinese National People’s Congress has […]