North Korea says it will launch its first military spy satellite in June
North Korea on Tuesday confirmed plans to launch its first military spy satellite in June and described such capacities as crucial for monitoring the United States’ “reckless” military exercises with rival South Korea.
UAE announces groundbreaking mission to asteroid belt, seeking clues to life's origins
The United Arab Emirates has unveiled plans to send a spaceship to explore the galaxy’s main asteroid belt, the latest space project by the oil-rich nation after it launched the successful Hope spacecraft to Mars in 2020.
Rescue groups say Malta coordinated the return of 500 migrants to Libya instead of saving them
Rescue groups are accusing the European island nation of Malta of coordinating the return of around 500 people to Libya where they were subsequently imprisoned, in violation of international maritime law.
Sudan army, rival force under pressure to extend truce after mediators show impatience with breaches
Sudan’s warring sides are under pressure to extend a shaky cease-fire in their battle for control of the country, after two key international mediators signaled impatience with persistent truce violations.
Websites linked to Iran's presidency hacked with images of exile group's leaders
A series of websites linked to Iran’s presidency briefly bore the images of two leaders of an exiled opposition group, with others showing the pictures of Islamic Republic’s supreme leader and president crossed out.
Hong Kong court rejects publisher Jimmy Lai's bid to terminate his national security trial
A Hong Kong court has rejected a jailed publisher’s request to terminate his national security trial, pressing ahead with a landmark case seen as part of Beijing’s crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement.
UN agencies warn of starvation risk in Sudan, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali, call for urgent aid
Two U.N. agencies are warning of rising food emergencies including starvation in Sudan due to the outbreak of war and in Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali due to restricted movements of people and goods.
IAEA team in Japan for final review before planned discharge of Fukushima nuclear plant water
An International Atomic Energy Agency team has arrived in Tokyo for a final review before Japan begins releasing massive amounts of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, a plan that has been strongly opposed by local fishing communities and neighboring countries.
Spain swings right in local and regional elections
Spain’s conservative opposition Popular Party (PP) made significant gains in local and regional elections, offering a perilous assessment of public feeling towards the country’s ruling left-wing coalition ahead of general elections in December.
Voters in Turkey return to polls to decide on opposing presidential visions
Voters in Turkey are returning to the polls to decide whether the country’s longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
Ukraine claims Russia is plotting 'a provocation' at nuclear plant, offers no evidence
Ukraine’s military intelligence claims that Russia is plotting a “large-scale provocation” at a nuclear power plant designed to put hostilities on pause and give Moscow’s forces a respite they badly need to regroup ahead of the looming Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Former US diplomat Henry Kissinger celebrates 100th birthday, still active in global affairs
Former diplomat and presidential advisor Henry Kissinger is marking his 100th birthday, outlasting many of his political contemporaries who guided the United States through one of its most tumultuous periods including the presidency of Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War.
A growing number of LGBTQ+ Russians seek refuge from war, discrimination in Argentina
Anastasia Domini and wife Anna are part of an increasing number of Russians from the LGBTQ+ community who have decided to leave their homeland to escape discrimination and settle in Argentina, where same-sex marriage has been legal for more than a decade.
US: Chinese agents paid bribes in plot to disrupt anti-communist Falun Gong movement
U.S. authorities have arrested two suspected Chinese government agents in connection with an alleged plot by Beijing to disrupt and ultimately topple the exiled anti-communist Falun Gong spiritual movement.
Ukraine harasses Russian border regions, Russia strikes Dnipro clinic
Authorities say Russia’s southern Belgorod region that borders Ukraine has come came under attack from Ukrainian artillery fire, hours after at least one nighttime blast rocked a Russian city in a region next to the annexed Crimea peninsula.
As electric cars boom, locals fear Chinese battery plant will harm land in drought-stricken Hungary
Residents, environmentalists and opposition politicians in eastern Hungary are worried that a sprawling battery factory will exacerbate existing environmental problems and hit the country’s precious water supplies.
US, Chinese trade officials express concern about each other's restrictions
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, have expressed concern about policies of each other’s governments following Chinese raids on consulting firms and U.S. restrictions on exports of semiconductor technology.