South Korea Fires Warning Shots After North Korean Boat Crosses Sea Border |
SEOUL - South Korea fired warning shots at a North Korean vessel that breached the maritime boundary on Sunday, according to the South Korean military, a day after the incident that heightened tensions over the North's missile launches.Read More |
Japan's Prime Minister was unharmed when a 'smoke bomb' was thrown at his speech location. |
On Saturday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was safely evacuated after a man tossed what seemed to be a "smoke bomb" at a location where Kishida was going to conduct an election campaign address.Read More |
The European Spacecraft is its route to Jupiter and its icy moons |
A European spacecraft launched Friday on a decade-long mission to examine Jupiter and three of its frozen moons, which may contain submerged seas.Read More |
A tour bus crash in South Korea kills 1 Israeli and injures 34 others. |
SEOUL, South Korea - A bus carrying Israeli tourists overturned on a route in southern South Korea, killing one woman and wounding 34 others.Read More |
A fire in a children's shelter in Brazil kills at least 4 people and injured 13 more. |
According to the local fire service, at least four people perished and 13 were injured in a fire at a refuge for children and adolescents in Northeastern Brazil on Friday.Read More |
Finland's Embassy in Moscow Receives Mail that contains Powder |
MOSCOW - The Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday that Finland's embassy in Moscow received an envelope containing white powder and sent it and two additional sealed envelopes over to authorities for examination.Read More |
North Korea launches a ballistic missile, prompting Japan to issue an emergency evacuation order. |
According to South Korean military, North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Thursday, causing a fright in northern Japan.Read More |
Three Sherpa climbers have gone missing after falling from Mount Everest. |
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Three Sherpa climbers went missing Wednesday after falling into a deep chasm on Mount Everest's hazardous area just above base camp, according to a Nepalese mountaineering official.Read More |
A raging wildfire in a South Korean seaside city has forced evacuations. |
SEOUL, South Korea - On Tuesday, a wildfire fueled by high winds destroyed portions of a beach city on South Korea's eastern coast, killing one person and driving hundreds to evacuate before being calmed by rain.Read More |
Switzerland No Longer Recommends COVID-19 Vaccination |
Swiss authorities have discontinued advocating COVID-19 immunization, even for persons who have been identified as being at high risk from COVID-19.Read More |