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Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg prepares to shake US President Donald Trump’s hand. Photo: NTB Scanpix Norway’s government is considering taking action to protect Norwegian companies doing business in Iran, as new US sanctions against the country start to bite. Marianne Hagen, State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the government was […]

Debris from a Gunma prefectural government helicopter is seen in a mountain forest on the Nagano-Gunma border on Friday.  Photo: KYODO Debris from a Gunma prefectural government helicopter is seen in a mountain forest on the Nagano-Gunma border on Friday.  Photo: KYODO MAEBASHI, Gunma A prefectural government rescue helicopter with nine people aboard crashed on an eastern Japan mountain Friday, […]

The rival Koreas plan to hold high-level talks on Monday to prepare for a third summit between their leaders, as Pyongyang called on the United States to reciprocate its ”goodwill measures” by easing sanctions and stopping demands that the North denuclearize first. The plans by the Korean leaders to meet come as Washington and Pyongyang […]

The Saudi-Emirati alliance is accused of air raids that killed at least 55 civilians in Hodeidah last week [File: Abduljabbar Zeyad/Reuters] Yemen has become the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”, the European Union said, demanding the protection of civilians who continue to die in the three-year-old conflict. An EU statement on Saturday highlighted the Red Sea […]

High-level officials from North and South Korea will meet on the Northern side of the Panmunjom peace village on August 13, the South’s Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced on Thursday. The talks will reportedly focus on preparations for the next inter-Korean summit, widely expected to take place in the coming month in Pyongyang, as well […]

  TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says he has no precondition for talks with the U.S., except that Washington “compensate” the past damage that it has done to Iran. “America owes Iran both apologies and reparations for the meddling and damages he has been doing to Iran since 1953,” Rouhani told a televised program […]

The jet crashed near crowds of thousands, and everyone lived to tell the tale. Photo: Yvonne Åsell/SvD/TT In one of the most terrifying near-miss stories ever, a Swedish fighter jet crashed into an island just metres from thousands of spectators gathered to watch it fly in 1993. The Local looks at the tale, 25 years […]

A picture taken on August 8, 2018 in Gaza City shows a smoke plume rising following an Israeli air strike. (AFP/ MAHMUD HAMS) Israel’s air force bombed 12 Hamas positions across the Gaza Strip Wednesday night, the military said, as dozens of rockets and mortar shells were fired at southern Israeli communities from the Palestinian enclave, […]

Soldiers gather at a military base in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, before carrying out a search-and-rescue mission with drones, in this 2017 file photo. / Yonhap The military will embrace emerging technologies ― such as 3D printing and drones ― and turn them into mainstream logistics platforms, the Ministry of National Defense said Wednesday. The […]

In this 2015 file photo, Ensaf Haidar, wife of the jailed Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi, shows a portrait of her husband as he is awarded the Sakharov Prize, in Strasbourg, France. Saudi Arabia ordered Canada’s ambassador out of the country after Canada criticized the recent arrest of women’s rights activists.  (CHRISTIAN LUTZ / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) OTTAWA […]