Category: 4. World

Vladimir Putin has hailed Russia’s “unprecedentedly” high level of ties with China, as dozens of leaders including the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, arrived in Beijing on the eve of a massive military parade.

Putin called China’s…

Tens of thousands of reservists were set to be drafted to the Israel Defense Forces Tuesday, in what was said to be the largest single call-up since right after the start of the war almost two years ago, though turnout was reportedly low,…

Burkina Faso’s unelected transitional parliament has passed a bill banning homosexual acts, a little over a year after a draft of an amended family code that criminalised homosexuality was adopted by the country’s cabinet.

The new measure…

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a network of shipping companies and vessels led by Iraqi-Kittitian businessman Waleed al-Samarra’i (al-Samarra’i) for smuggling…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that U.S President Donald Trump’s administration is listening to the Kremlin’s justifications for its invasion of neighboring Ukraine and claimed that…

South Korea’s spy agency estimates that some 2,000…

As a select group of world leaders are rolling into Beijing for a massive military parade on Wednesday, one made his way there in his signature armored green train: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The old-fashioned train has become a symbol of…