
KOREAS
South on alert amid inter-Korean tension
South Korean troops are on top alert as a deadline set by the North for Seoul to halt loudspeaker propaganda looms.

South Korean troops are on top alert as a deadline set by the North for Seoul to halt loudspeaker propaganda looms.

UNESCO says Daesh’s destruction of world heritage is the worst seen since World War II.

The United States has put its forces in South Korea on “enhanced status” as war between Seoul and Pyongyang looms.

A US airman was injured by a gunman who opened fire on a train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday.

Protesters in Bahrain have held new rallies to voice their anger at the continued imprisonment of political activists.

Another Egyptian political prisoner has died while in custody.

Sudan’s president says conflicts in the African country will end in 2016.

Macedonian police fire tear gas and stun grenades to disperse migrants on the border with Greece.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler has announced that he would vote in favor of the conclusion of Iran nuclear negotiations.

Daesh terrorists have executed more than a dozen children in Iraq’s Mosul, saying they deserted the battlefield.

A shooting incident has left one man and a security officer dead in New York City.

North Korea vows to launch a "very strong military counteraction" if the South does not stop anti-Pyongyang propaganda.

Daesh terrorists have demolished the ancient Christian monastery of Mar Elian in Syria’s Homs province.

Peace activist Miko Peled says Washington’s criticism of Saudi Arabia’s bombing of the Yemeni city of Hodeida is “hypocrisy.”

A Russian official says Moscow hopes to sign a deal on the S-300 defense system with Iran next week.

The US says traces of sulfur mustard agent have been found in mortars used by Daesh against Kurdish fighters in Iraq.

A majority of Republican voters believe that Donald Trump will be their party’s presidential nominee, according to a new poll.

Afghanistan's first vice president escapes an assassination attempt by the Taliban militants.