Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the launching drill for new long‑range cruise missiles, according to state media. The test marks the latest flashpoint in tensions over Pyongyang's expanding nuclear amb...
The crisis in the Western Balkan country was sparked by severe difficulties in supplying fuel oil from neighbouring Greece after border blockades by protesting farmers, authorities said....
Seoul has been putting its weight behind lowering the temperature on stalled US-North Korea denuclearisation talks. The issue remains fraught with tension: Washington has grown increasingly sceptical ...
Munitions factories are expected to expand capacity and build new plants as the regime in Pyongyang intensifies weapons development and furthers its ties with Russia....
Kim sent the troops to Russia under the mutual defence treaty both countries signed in 2024, the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party said in a statement....
The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Kim expressed "great satisfaction" over Sunday's launches, which occurred off the country's west coast....
In his new year message, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un praised troops fighting alongside Russia in Ukraine, a move observers said pointed to Pyongyang’s intention to sustain and deepen military coop...
North Korea’s record-breaking Bybit hack changed how exchanges handle security and even influenced FATF’s global crypto recommendations....
US missile attacks on Christmas Day hit a part of Nigeria’s north-west that is almost entirely Muslim...
This year's figures represent a drop in migrant arrivals from North Africa to the Canary Islands, one of the world's deadliest crossings for migrants hoping to reach the EU....
In North Korea, where political events are meticulously choreographed, the visit to the Kim dynasty’s resting place comes as Pyongyang prepares for its first ruling party congress in five years....
FRANCE 24 heads north to the kingdom of Denmark. The Scandinavian country has been in the spotlight this year, holding the rotating presidency of the European Council from July to December and pushing...
Meanwhile, Russia's battlefield gains in Ukraine last year were the highest since 2022, an analysis by the AFP news agency showed....
A novel approach by South Korea to stop its rural areas from dying by paying people to live there appears to be working. Okcheon in North Chungcheong province saw its population grow by almost 1,000 i...
Pensions, migration and conscription will continue to dominate domestic politics in Germany this year. Above all, the focus will be on how the far-right AfD fares in upcoming state elections in the fo...
President Donald Trump posing for photo with law enforcement in front of a Boeing VC25 operating as Air Force One. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images The US president flies on Air Force One. Other countries...
Australia’s government is “disappointed” with China’s decision to impose new beef import tariffs, with one industry group warning the move could damage trade worth over A$1 billion (US$667 million) be...
Australian police are investigating a “suspicious fire” after a car carrying a sign celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah was set ablaze on Thursday in Melbourne. The empty car, which had a “Hap...
Robots have started evacuating some wounded soldiers in Ukraine, and the West is watching the technology. AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko A US Navy veteran working in Ukraine said using robots to evacuate ...
Thieves broke into the vault of one branch of Germany's Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen. Christoph Reichwein/picture alliance via Getty Images Thieves stole valuables worth at least $36 million from a German ...