North Korea’s Kim lambasts officials during ‘field guidance’ visitsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated officials during inspections of a factory, power station and holiday camp, state media reported Tuesday, with analysts saying the reports show nuclear-armed Pyo...
Japan’s growing plutonium stockpile fuels fearsJapan has amassed enough plutonium to make 6,000 atomic bombs as part of a programme to fuel its nuclear plants, but concern is growing that the stockpile is vulnerable to terrorists and natural disas...
US lawmakers slam Trump as ‘weak’ in Russia summit; some push new sanctionsLeading US lawmakers, including numerous Republicans, criticized President Donald Trump on Monday for failing to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow's meddling in the 2016 US electio...
Expanding ‘dead zone’ in Arabian Sea raises climate change fearsIn the waters of the Arabian Sea, a vast "dead zone" the size of Scotland is expanding and scientists say climate change may be to blame. In his lab in Abu Dhabi, Zouhair Lachkar is labouring over a c...
Slovenia faces prospect of early election after NSI quits coalition talksSlovenia faced the prospect of early elections after the conservative New Slovenia (NSI) party pulled out of coalition talks late on Monday, blaming divisions between the six movements taking part. NS...
100,000 Russians mark 100 years since murder of last tsarRussian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on Tuesday led some 100,000 people in a nightime procession marking 100 years since the Bolsheviks shot dead tsar Nicholas II and his family after he abdicated, autho...
Israel further tightens Gaza blockade over arson kitesIsrael further tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, preventing fuel deliveries through its only goods crossing with the Palestinian enclave after scores of kites carried firebombs acro...
Free bus rides driving safer births for Nepali womenAs a teenager Meera Nepali was terrified as she went into labour with her first child at home in a remote village, miles from a hospital with nobody but her mother-in-law to help. "I was a scared, but...
Mexicans mob ‘AMLO’ HQ seeking help for matters big or smallEach morning hundreds of Mexicans crowd at the gates of 216 Chihuahua Street in the capital, home to the white, two-story building that served as President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's campaign...
Nowhere to run: Rohingya hunker down as monsoon arrivesThe hill on which the young woman's shelter is being built is so unstable that the earth crumbles under your feet. The threat of landslides is so dire that her neighbors have evacuated. Though living...
Bangladesh drug war death toll hits 200: rights groupThe death toll from Bangladesh's contentious Philippines-style war on drugs since May has hit 200, a local rights group said Tuesday, with some 25,000 others imprisoned. Bangladesh launched the crackd...
Indonesia police shoot dead 11 petty criminals in Asian Games crackdowIndonesian police have shot and killed 11 suspected small-time criminals and wounded dozens more in a crackdown before it hosts the Asian Games next month, authorities said Tuesday. Some 52 suspects h...
Hawaii volcano boat tours continue after lava injuriesHawaii tour boat operators plan to continue taking visitors to see lava, but will follow the Coast Guard's revised policy and stay farther away after an explosion caused molten rock to barrel through...