A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, according to Yonhap news agency. The Seoul Western District Court issued the warrant against Yoon on charges of masterminding the botched Dec. 3 martial law declaration, orchestrating the

The death toll from a road accident in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 71 after a vehicle carrying a wedding party veered into a river, a local official said. The truck careered into the water at around 5:30 pm local time on Sunday some 300 kilometres south of capital Addis

A 34-year-old soldier serving with the Indiana National Guard in Iraq has died in a non-combat incident, the Army said Monday. Capt. Eric Richard Hart, 34, of Indianapolis, Indiana, died Saturday in Iraq, the Army National Guard said in a statement. Hart was assigned to the

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died at the age of 100 on Sunday, Dec. 29 at his home in Plains, Georgia. Carter's death came after a February 2023 announcement that he had decided to enter hospice care and spend his remaining time at home with family

Syria’s new leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa said Saudi Arabia has a major role to play in his country’s future during an interview with Al Arabiya aired on Sunday. “Saudi Arabia has a major role in Syria’s future, and I take pride in everything it has done for us,”

Flags flew at half-mast on Monday as South Korea mourned 179 people killed in the worst plane crash on its soil, as investigators probe why the Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames. The country has started seven days of national mourning, with the acting president flying

Israeli forces detained more than 240 Palestinians including dozens of medical staff and the director of a north Gaza hospital they raided on Friday, according to the Health Ministry in the enclave and Israel's military. The Health Ministry said it was concerned about the

The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, according to a review by Unicef of the latest available data and prevailing global trends. More children than ever are estimated to be either living in conflict zones or

A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, killing at least 85, emergency services said, with a bird strike and adverse weather conditions cited as likely causes. Two people were rescued, the agency said, and an official told Reuters

The last major functioning hospital in northern Gaza was forcibly evacuated by the Israeli military on Friday after dozens of people were reportedly killed in Israeli strikes targeting the area. Medical staff, including the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, have also been detained,

India has mourned one of its longest-serving prime ministers, Manmohan Singh, with a state funeral in Delhi. Singh led the country from 2004 to 2014 and was considered the architect of India's economic liberalisation. He died on Thursday aged 92. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was

White House spokesman John Kirby has said the US has seen "early indications" that Russia may have been responsible for the downing of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed on 25 December, killing 38 people. Mr Kirby did not elaborate further, but told reporters the US

Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday announced the decision to take countermeasures against seven US military companies and relevant senior executives over recent military assistance and arms sales to China's Taiwan region.  Recently, the United States announced another

Ukraine, a global producer and exporter of grain and oilseeds, has sent its first batch of food aid to Syria, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday. Zelensky said that 500 metric tons of wheat flour were already on their way to Syria as part of Ukraine’s humanitarian

South Korea’s spy agency said Friday it had confirmed that a North Korean soldier sent to back Russia’s war against Ukraine had been captured by Ukrainian forces. Pyongyang has deployed thousands of troops to reinforce Russian troops, including in the Kursk border region

At least 50 Palestinians, including five staff, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza late Thursday. Hossam Abu Safiya, head of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, said: "an Israeli strike resulted in five martyrs among

Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who governed the South Asian country for two terms and liberalised its economy in an earlier stint as finance minister, has died. He was 92. Singh, an economist-turned-politician who also served as the governor of the central bank, was

Five journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike in the vicinity of a hospital in central Gaza, according to Palestinian authorities and media reports. The journalists from the Al-Quds Today channel were covering events near al-Awda Hospital, located in the Nuseirat refugee camp,

The bald eagle is now officially the national bird of the US, after President Joe Biden signed a law on Christmas Eve bestowing the honour upon the white-headed and yellow-beaked bird of prey. The bird has been a national emblem in the US for years, appearing on the Great Seal of the

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 people on board, officials said. The Embraer 190 aircraft that was supposed to fly northwest from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to the city of Grozny in Chechnya in southern Russia