‘Not enough time to get out’: Laos village caught in burst dam deluge
The first warning came at 4.00 p.m., one hour later the water started to flow through the village, and by late evening it was a torrent.
Cohen says Trump knew about Trump Tower meeting with Russians: CNN
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said that Trump knew in advance about a June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower at which Russians offered to provide damaging information about his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, CNN report…
North Korea confirms new military chief of staff
North Korea’s state media confirmed on Friday that Ri Yong Gil has become the new chief of the military’s general staff, the latest in leader Kim Jong Un’s leadership change.
North Korea transfers remains of Korean War soldiers: White House
North Korea transferred 55 cases carrying the remains of soldiers killed in the Korean War, the White House said on Thursday, a first step by Pyongyang to implement an agreement made in a landmark summit in June in Singapore.
North, South Korea to hold military talks on July 31: Yonhap
North and South Korea agreed to hold military talks on Tuesday, the South’s Yonhap news agency reported on Friday, as both sides seek to defuse tensions amid a thaw in relations.
Parties campaign on final day before Cambodia vote, PM set to extend rule
Cambodians began a last day of electoral campaigning on Friday ahead of a general election at the weekend that will likely hand victory to Prime Minister Hun Sen and extend his 33-year rule.
Syrian Druze bury dead as anger over Islamic State attacks grows
Syria’s government-held city of Sweida on Thursday buried dozens of its inhabitants who were killed a day before in coordinated assaults by Islamic State militants who overran villages and staged multiple suicide attacks inside the city, residents and …
Palestinian knife attack kills Israeli in the West Bank, assailant dead
A Palestinian assailant entered an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, stabbed one person to death and wounded two others before he was shot and killed, the Israeli military and a hospital spokeswoman said.
Trump threatens sanctions against Turkey over American pastor
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to slap “large sanctions” on Turkey unless it freed an American pastor, prompting an angry response from Ankara and further escalating tensions between the two NATO allies.
A break from Brexit: UK PM May to holiday in Italy, Switzerland
British Prime Minister Theresa May will holiday in Switzerland and Italy this summer, after narrowly surviving a bitter row within her government over Brexit as the country’s departure from the European Union looms.
