AFP
South Korea ex-minister gets 25 years for role in martial law...
Yoon was also given a 30-year jail term earlier this month for sending drones to North Korea to "manufacture a national crisis" to justify his martial law.
Explosion at Qatar’s Ras Laffan industrial zone leaves several injured
In a later statement the ministry said a "technical malfunction" had "led to a number of injuries" without specifying how many people had been hurt or how seriously.
Australian police seize record 2.7 tonnes of cocaine
The black market has increasingly drawn the attention of sophisticated criminal networks from Southeast Asia to South America.
Man charged over suspected anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh
Scottish authorities said on Saturday they charged a man in connection with attacks in Edinburgh that wounded five people with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying the suspect "appears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred".
US and Iran set for new talks after delay and deadly...
Washington announced a renewed ceasefire there later Friday -- a condition of its preliminary agreement with Iran -- but Israeli troops clashed again with Hezbollah fighters on Saturday, with each side accusing the other of breaking the truce.
Court bans Spanish PM’s wife from leaving country
The case is one of several corruption affairs that have embroiled the Socialist leader’s family and former allies, threatening to topple his minority coalition government.
Australia detects first case of contagious H5 bird flu
Scientists have detected the H5 strain of bird flu in Australia for the first time, the country's agriculture minister said on Saturday, meaning the highly contagious variant has now spread to every continent.
Two roadside blasts in northwest Pakistan kill 7
A private pickup truck carrying passengers was targeted with a remote-controlled IED," said Yasir Afridi, a police officer in Bannu district, using a common acronym for a homemade bomb.
France’s Macron slams migrant ‘return-hubs’, EU funding push
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday slammed the idea of creating deportation centres for irregular migrants outside the EU, saying Paris will oppose efforts to have the bloc fund them.
US faces tough path to new Iran nuclear deal
Richard Haas, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, said the emerging deal seems set to be a "massive victory" for the Iranian government.
