[ad_1] North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile into the sea on Sunday, South Korea said, as Pyongyang blamed the U.S. for escalating military tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The missile was fired off North Korea’s east coast near its capital of Pyongyang and flew 354 miles (570 kilometers) before …
Read More »Putin promises ‘problems’ for Finland after it was ‘dragged into NATO’
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed “problems” for Finland after he says the Nordic country was “dragged into NATO” amid the war in Ukraine. “Look, Finland was taken and dragged into NATO,” Putin said in a new on-camera interview. “What did we have, some kind of dispute with Finland? …
Read More »Finland border crisis escalates as dozens of migrants cross ahead of reclosure
[ad_1] The Finnish Border Guard reported that dozens of migrants without proper documentation or visas had arrived at the two checkpoints by late Thursday. The Vaalimaa and Niirala crossings briefly reopened on Thursday after being closed at the end of the previous month, along with six other border posts. The …
Read More »Biden admin drive for green energy leads to accusations of forced child labor mining for EV battery metals
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Read More »Three grenades detonated at local council meeting in Ukraine, 26 people injured
[ad_1] A man threw multiple grenades into a local community meeting in Ukraine, injuring more than two dozen people. The unidentified individual committed the heinous attack on Friday morning against meeting attendees in the village of Keretsky — a half-Hungarian, half-Ukrainian village near the border of the two countries. “As …
Read More »Guatemala faces landmark ruling for Indigenous rights violation by permitting mine on tribal land
[ad_1] An international court has determined that Guatemala violated Indigenous rights by allowing a nickel mine on tribal land almost 20 years ago. The verdict coincides with the United Nations climate summit, emphasizing the importance of minerals like nickel for energy transition. This ruling is considered a historic development for …
Read More »Gunmen kill 11 victims, including police officers, injure others during attack on Iranian police station
[ad_1] An attack-turned-shootout on a police station on Friday left 11 people dead and eight others wounded in southeastern Iran, state TV reported. Senior police officers and soldiers were among those killed and wounded in the 2 a.m. attack in Rask town, about 875 miles southwest of Tehran, according to …
Read More »Critics blast plan for contemporary stained glass windows that may ‘distort’ Notre Dame rebuild: report
[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated this week his promise to reopen the famous Notre Dame in one year, but he enraged some when he announced he would put contemporary stained-glass windows in the rebuilt cathedral. “I fully support [the idea],” Macron said. “The century that is ours will have …
Read More »Albania returns 20 icons to neighboring North Macedonia, a decade after their theft
[ad_1] Albania on Friday returned 20 icons to neighboring North Macedonia that were stolen a decade ago, Albania’s Culture Ministry said. The return marked the final stretch on a long, 10-year road with “much inter-institutional and international cooperation,” said Albania’s Culture Minister Elva Margariti. It also showed Albania’s commitment to …
Read More »Thai senator indicted on narcotics trafficking, money laundering charges
[ad_1] State prosecutors in Thailand indicted a member of the country’s Senate on six charges involving narcotics trafficking, money laundering and association with a transnational criminal organization, said a statement received Friday from the attorney-general’s office. The senator, Upakit Pachariyangkun, denied all the charges when he appeared Thursday at criminal …
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