Illegally fishing North Korea boat sinks after encounter with Japanese vessel
A North Korean fishing boat sank on Monday after a crash with a Japanese patrol boat trying to chase it out of Japan’s economic zone...
Iran says Russian journalist was detained for ‘visa violation’ not spying: ISNA
Russian journalist Yulia Yuzik, who has been detained in Iran, was not charged with spying but a visa violation and her case is under a...
Fewer children, fewer climate risks? Niger ponders a controversial option
NIAMEY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Abdulaziz, Aminatu, Absatu, Abdulmanaf. Fahad. And, well, also Mansour. They are the names Zeinab Garba has in mind for any...
Cambodia PM threatens to deploy troops if opposition leaders return
Cambodia’s prime minister threatened on Monday to deploy the military if leaders and supporters of the disbanded main opposition party return from exile next month...
Fifteen people killed in Baghdad clashes between security forces and protesters
Clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters killed at least 15 people in an eastern Baghdad neighborhood overnight, police and medics said on Monday,...
Merkel: Climate package must include CO2 monitoring to pass cabinet
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday the government’s climate protection package would include a mechanism to monitor compliance with emission limits set for individual...
Putin celebrates 67th birthday in Siberian mountains
The Kremlin released footage of President Putin celebrating his birthday in the mountains on Monday, hiking and foraging for food. Rough cut (no reporter narration)....
Death roll rises as Baghdad clashes continue
Clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters killed at least 15 people in an eastern Baghdad neighborhood overnight, police and medics said on Monday,...
Two scientists from U.S. and one from Britain share Nobel Medicine Prize
Two scientists from the United States and one from Britain won the 2019 Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for finding how cells adapt to fluctuating...
Unilever pledges to halve its use of new plastic by 2025
Consumer goods giant Unilever vowed to halve the amount of new plastic it uses over the next five years, by shifting to more recyclable and...