La Palma volcano engulfs village minutes after residents flee their homes – BBC News
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday that he had no choice but to defend his country’s territory in the South China Sea against what he called Chinese aggression and illegal actions in pursuit of Beijing’s own territorial claims. “It is unfortunate that despite the clarity provided by international law, provocative, unilateral and illegal actions…
SEOUL, June 12 (UPI) — North Korea appears to have stopped broadcasting loud noises towards the South, Seoul’s military said Thursday, one day after South Korea halted its anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker campaign near the demilitarized zone. “Today, there were no areas where North Korea’s noise broadcasts to the South were heard,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in…
DUBAI, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Iran has provided Russia with a large number of powerful surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, six sources told Reuters, deepening the military cooperation between the two U.S.-sanctioned countries. Iran’s provision of around 400 missiles includes many from the Fateh-110 family of short-range ballistic weapons, such as the Zolfaghar, three Iranian sources said….
Oct. 19 (UPI) — The United States has, at least temporarily, repealed a handful of sanctions imposed against Venezuela after its government and opposition leaders signed an agreement on conditions for presidential elections to be held in the second half of next year. The removal of sanctions was highly anticipated, though not without criticism as…
Italians broke into spontaneous applause and wept for joy as a feared Mafia ‘godfather’ was arrested after 30 years on the run. Paramilitary cops swooped on Matteo Messina Denaro while he was undergoing treatment at a private clinic in the Sicilian capital of Palermo, according to The Associated Press. Italian news agencies reported he is…
Japan’s fertility rate fell to a record-tying low of 1.26 in 2022, declining for the seventh straight year, according to health ministry data released Friday. The total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman will give birth to in her lifetime — was down from 1.30 the year before and on par…