(LONDON) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a partnership agreement on Wednesday in Pyongyang, further solidifying their strategic cooperation in opposition to Western leaders.Their signed agreement included a pact for "mutual help" in the event of "aggression" against either country, Russian media reported.…
(LONDON) -- Environmental protesters sprayed an orange substance across part of Britain's Stonehenge on Wednesday afternoon.British environmental activist group Just Stop Oil posted video of the incident on the social media platform X, showing two of its supporters spraying three of the stones within the prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury…
(LONDON) -- Gordon Black, the U.S. soldier arrested in Russia on theft charges, was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony, a national news agency reported."The Pervomaisky District Court of Vladivostok sentences Black to almost four years in a penal colony," an Interfax correspondent reported…
(LONDON) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived on a state visit to Pyongyang, and was met at the airport by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.In the history of bilateral relations between Russia and North Korea, this is just the second visit by the head of the Russian state.…
(LONDON) -- Almost 150 civilians have been killed since the beginning of June in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities announced.It comes following a spike in attacks by the Islamic State group-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the east of the Central African nation.At least 42 people were killed…
(NEW YORK) -- An Indian national has been extradited to the United States to face charges he directed a plot to kill a critic of the Indian government in New York City.Nikhil Gupta is accused of paying a hit man to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a leader of Sikhs for…
(LONDON) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on an official state visit beginning on Tuesday, the Kremlin said on Monday.Putin's trip, which is scheduled to last for three days, follows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's visit to Russia in September 2023. Putin will spend two days…
(LONDON) -- The first hearing in the espionage trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been scheduled for June 26 in Russia, according to the Sverdlovsk Regional Court.The Russian prosecutor's office announced earlier this month that the reporter would stand trial on espionage charges, officially ending any future…
(VLADIVOSTOK, Russia) -- U.S. Army service member Gordon Black, who has been detained in Russia since early May, pleaded partially guilty to charges of theft during the second hearing of his ongoing trial in the Primorsky Court, Russian media reported Monday.Black, 35, admitted to theft, but he did not admit…
(NEW YORK) -- In Israel, right-wing settlers question the delivery of aid to Gazans, while Israeli peace activists advocate for the passage of aid trucks.A Palestinian truck driver is back on the road delivering flour, sugar and salt to Gaza after being attacked by right-wing Israeli settlers last month.Tamer Muhtaseb…
