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ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ordered officials ​on Sunday to resume talks on reopening an Orthodox Christian seminary near Istanbul, an issue raised by U.S.

A former U.K. border official and a retired Hong Kong police officer were given prison sentences on Thursday for spying on dissidents and critics of Beijing in Britain.

Police in Vietnam seized more than 400 cats in a major bust of a cat meat crime ring, according to animal welfare groups and local media reports.

Starbucks Korea will shut all stores in the country at 3 p.m. on June 22 for staff training on historical awareness, following public backlash over a marketing campaign.

Yoon Suk Yeol had already been sentenced to life in prison for a rebellion conviction over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024.

Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding counter strikes.

Kim Jong Un offered China’s president a grand welcome Monday.

Through the long days and nights he and four other men were trapped inside a flooded cave, all Mued Duangsomdy could think about was food.

A Sherpa guide was found crawling to base camp on Mount Everest a week after he went missing, and was reunited with his family who had given up hope he would return

North Korea on Thursday unveiled a new facility to produce nuclear bomb fuels, with leader Kim Jong Un announcing plans to bolster the country’s nuclear forces “at an exponential rate.”