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North Korean state media has accused South Korean outlets of spreading rumours about flood damage and casualty numbersRussia has pledged humanitarian assistance to North Korea after devastating floods damaged thousands of homes and caused an unknown nu…
US defence secretary says China is ‘engaging in coercive behaviour, trying to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas’Japanese and US defense chiefs, as well as top diplomats, agreed to further bolster their military cooperation by upgra…
Resumption of flights comes after South boosted frontline broadcasts of K-pop songs and propaganda messages across the borderBalloons carrying rubbish sent by North Korea have fallen on the compound of South Korea’s presidential office, according to th…
Ri Il-kyu was responsible for political affairs at Pyongyang’s embassy in Cuba, the Chosun Ilbo daily has reportedA senior North Korean diplomat based in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, the South Korean spy agency has said, becoming the highe…
Communique highlights concerns over Beijing’s nuclear arsenal and space capabilitiesNato summit live – latest updatesUkraine war briefing: Path to Nato membership ‘irreversible’Nato leaders have labelled China a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war again…
Thaksin’s case is the first in a series of high-profile legal cases before Thailand’s courts this weekThe former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a powerful backer of the ruling government, has been formally indicted for allegedly insulting the …
French president says suspension will give ‘full strength to dialogue on the ground’ as well as opportunity to ‘return to order’Controversial voting reforms in New Caledonia will be suspended, Emmanuel Macron has announced, after a period of deadly unr…
Incident comes at time of heightened tensions between neighbours, as tit-for-tat actions increase after North Korea sent rubbish-filled balloons into the SouthSouth Korea’s military has said it fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly cr…
Seoul says it will install loudspeakers on the border with North Korea after detecting 330 more balloons in its territorySouth Korea says it will restart loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts into the North, after Pyongyang sent hundreds more rubbish-fille…
Residents living near the volcano have been ordered to evacuate as authorities warn of further eruptionsAuthorities in the Philippines have ordered residents living near Kanlaon volcano in the country’s west to evacuate, after an eruption sent a 5km (t…
Israel’s foreign ministry warns against travel to archipelago and calls for citizens there to consider leaving after president’s announcementSee all our Middle East coverageThe Maldives says it will ban Israelis from entering the country, known for its…
Hundreds attend funeral of Iryna Tsybukh, who was killed in action last week in Kharkiv. What we know on day 831See all our Ukraine war coverageAlmost 1,000 mourners gathered in central Kyiv on Sunday for the funeral of a high-profile journalist and vo…
Dong Jun rails at length about democratic island’s ‘separatists’ during Shangri-la Dialogue defence conference in SingaporeThe Chinese defence minister, Dong Jun, has warned that anyone who dares pursue independence for Taiwan will be “crushed to piece…
James Marape says the estimated death toll is more than 2,000 people, as rescue efforts in Enga province continuePapua New Guinea’s prime minister James Marape has blamed “extraordinary rainfall” and changes to weather patterns for multiple disasters i…
Lawrence Wong offered his condolences to the family of Geoffrey Kitchen who died during the Singapore Airlines flight that left others critically injuredBriton who died on Singapore Airlines flight named as Geoffrey KitchenSingapore’s prime minister ha…