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South Korea’s resumption of small-scale military drills with the United States violated a recent agreement aimed at lowering tensions on the Korean peninsula, North Korean state media said on Monday. About 500 United States and South Korean marines began military drills last week that were among joint exercises indefinitely suspended in June as Seoul and Washington focused on engaging with … [Read more...] about South Korea-US military drills violate agreements — Pyongyang media

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy came under attack from all sides on Monday, increasing the risk that her plan for leaving the EU will be voted down by parliament and thrust the United Kingdom towards a potentially chaotic "no-deal" Brexit. Less than five months before Britain is due to leave the European Union on March 29, negotiators are still haggling over a backup plan for the … [Read more...] about UK PM May stares into Brexit abyss as domestic opposition mounts

School teachers walked off the job in New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, on Monday, kicking off a week of national strike action as a three-month battle over wages and work conditions tests the Labour-led government. The latest stand-off with its traditional union support base comes just over a year after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party formed a coalition government, promising … [Read more...] about New Zealand school teachers strike again in stand-off with Ardern government

Singapore's leader vowed Monday to strengthen ties with Malaysia, which is now led by a historic rival following a game-changing election. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said during a visit by his Malaysian counterpart, Mahathir Mohamad, that the countries had a "special bond" and were each other's second-biggest trading partners. Singapore is also Malaysia's second-largest foreign … [Read more...] about Singapore, Malaysia renew ties as historic rival surfaces

A warplane from the aircraft career USS Ronald Reagan crashed into the sea northeast of the Philippines on Monday, but its two aviators were rescued safely. The US Navy's 7th Fleet said the F/A-18 Hornet had a mechanical problem during Monday's routine operations in the Philippine Sea. A rescue aircraft plucked the aviators from the water immediately and brought them back to the ship, the … [Read more...] about Navy warplane down in 2nd crash from US carrier in month

Finland's GPS signal was intentionally disrupted during NATO war games in the Nordic countries over the past few weeks and the culprit could be Russia, Prime Minster Juha Sipila said on Sunday. Finland's air navigation services on Tuesday issued a warning for air traffic due to a large-scale GPS interruption in the north of the country. Norway posted a similar warning about loss of GPS signals … [Read more...] about Finland’s GPS was disrupted during NATO war games and Russia could be responsible — PM

Six people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Kabul Monday, close to where scores of Afghans had been protesting against Taliban attacks on the minority Hazara ethnic group. The attack is the latest in a wave of violence across war-torn Afghanistan as the Taliban intensify pressure on beleaguered government security forces, which are suffering record high … [Read more...] about At least six killed in Kabul suicide attack

Cypriot officials opened two new border crossings Monday for the first time in eight years, the latest push for peace by the two sides after UN-backed talks collapsed last year. Dozens of people from the island's Greek Cypriot south streamed across the eastern Dherynia border post, walking past United Nations peacekeepers into the breakaway Turkish-backed north. At the same time, the Lefka or … [Read more...] about New border crossings open in divided Cyprus, first in 8 years

A clash that erupted during an Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip and killed eight people threatened on Monday to derail efforts to restore calm to the Palestinian enclave after months of unrest. The dead from the incident late Sunday included an Israeli army officer and a local commander for Hamas's armed wing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut short a trip to Paris and … [Read more...] about Deadly Israeli Gaza operation threatens to derail truce efforts