The rival Koreas took steps toward reducing their bitter animosity during rare talks Tuesday, as North Korea agreed to send a delegation to next monthβs Winter Olympics in South Korea and reopen a military hotline.
The rival Koreas will sit down for their first formal talks in more than two years next week to find ways to cooperate on the Winter Olympics in the South and to improve their abysmal ties, Seoul officials said Friday. While a positive sign after last yearβs threats of nuclear war, the Koreas have a long history of failing to move past their deep animosity.
Tens of thousands of Iranians took part in pro-government demonstrations in several cities across the country on Wednesday, state media reported, a move apparently seeking to calm nerves after a week of protests against the government and unrest that has killed at least 21 people.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reopened a key cross-border communication channel with South Korea for the first time in nearly two years Wednesday as the rivals explored the possibility of sitting down and talking after months of acrimony and fears of war.
President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that he has a bigger and more powerful βnuclear buttonβ than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
American blogger Logan Paul apologized Tuesday after getting slammed for a video he shared on YouTube that appeared to show a body hanging in a Japanese forest known as a suicide spot.
Clashes overnight between protesters and security forces in Iran killed nine people, state television reported Tuesday, including some rioters who tried to storm a police station to steal weapons.
Ten Americans are dead after a plane crash in Costa Rica. A total of twelveΒ people were killed, including a family from New York.
From spectacular fireworks in Hong Kong and Australia to a huge LED lightshow at the worldβs tallest building in Dubai, a look at how revelers around the world are ringing in 2018.
Iran on Sunday blocked access to Instagram and a popular messaging app used by activists to organize and publicize the protests now roiling the Islamic Republic, as authorities said two demonstrators had been killed overnight in the first deaths attributed to the rallies.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide attack in Kabul. At least 41 people were killed, and 80 wounded.
Japanese police have arrested a couple whose daughter froze to death in a small chamber.
The Kremlin hinted Tuesday at possible legal repercussions for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny over his calls for a boycott of the March presidential election.
Queen Elizabeth II and senior members of the British royal family β along with newcomer Meghan Markle, an American actress engaged to Prince Harry β attended a Christmas church service on Monday as a crowd of local residents gathered.
Actress Heather Menzies-Urich, who played one of the singing von Trapp children in the hit 1965 film, βThe Sound of Music,β has died. She was 68.
President Donald Trumpβs first Christmas Eve in office was a busy one that unfolded like this: tweet against perceived adversaries, cheer U.S. troops spending the holidays overseas, play golf, chat with children anxious to know when Santa will bring their presents, eat dinner with the family and attend a church service.
President Donald Trump is the first president in almost a century to close his first year in office without welcoming a visiting counterpart to the U.S. with state dinner.
The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to denounce President Donald Trumpβs recognition of Jerusalem as Israelβs capital, largely ignoring Trumpβs threats to cut off aid to any country that went against him.
House Republicans early Thursday unveiled a new, stripped-down spending bill to prevent a government shutdown this weekend and allow quarreling lawmakers to punt most of their unfinished business into the new year.
Two men were arrested in Australia after the SUV in which they were travelling rammed into pedestrians on a busy central Melbourne street Thursday, leaving 14 people injured in what police believe was a deliberate act.
