N. Korea says it conducted long-range strike drills under oversight of leader Kim
A suspected short-range missile is launched from Kusong, North Pyongan Province in the northwestern part of North Korea, on May…
6.3-magnitude earthquake jolts southern Japan
TOKYO, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 hit off the coast of southern Japan…
Police Arrest 2nd Top Venezuelan Opposition Lawmaker for Attempted Coup
Edgar Zambrano, vice president of the Venezuelan National Assembly currently in contempt. Photo courtesy of Telesur/VTV CARACAS, May 9 (NNN-TELESUR)…
US raises pressure over Iran nuclear deal
LONDON, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Iran announced on Wednesday (May 8) it was scaling back curbs to its nuclear programme…
U.S. secretary of state meets Iraqi leaders in unannounced visit to Baghdad
BAGHDAD, May 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday made an unannounced visit to the Iraqi…
Decision to rerun Istanbul elections based on law
ANKARA, May 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said late Monday that the decision to rerun local elections in Istanbul…
Jailed Reuters journalists freed from prison in Myanmar
(FILE) – Reuters journalists Wa Lone (C-front) and Kyaw Soe Oo (C-back) gesture as they arrive at Insein township court,…
Turkey’s election body rules for Istanbul election re-run
ANKARA, May 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) on Monday announced that a do-over election in Istanbul will…
Update: 41 people confirmed dead in plane fire in Moscow’s Airport
MOSCOW, May 6 (NNN-XINHUA) —Russia’s Investigative Committee confirmed Monday that 41 people were killed after an SSJ-100 passenger plane en route to the northwestern…
At least 41 killed in Russian plane fire
MOSCOW, May 6. (NNN-TASS) – Forty-one people died in the Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane crash at Sheremetyevo Airport, Yelena Markovskaya,…