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North Korea destroys family reunion centre in ‘inhumane act’, Seoul says
BY KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press North Korea is demolishing a venue that for decades hosted tearful reunions of families separated by the ...Israel threatens to restart war in Gaza if Hamas doesn’t release hostages
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and resume its war against ...M23 rebels threaten to advance on Bukavu as fighting flares
The Rwandan-backed M23 armed group in Democratic Republic of Congo threatened on Tuesday to advance on the provincial capital of Bukavu, citing ...Fears for Gaza ceasefire escalate after Hamas delays hostage release
Hamas’ threat to delay the next planned release of Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip has jolted a fragile ceasefire that’s seen as having the potential ...Militia kills more than 35 civilians in east Congo
By Thomson Reuters Armed militants killed more than 35 civilians during an attack on a cluster of villages in eastern Democratic Republic ...After the ceasefire in Gaza, West Bank Palestinians face more Israeli barriers, traffic and misery
BY ISABEL DEBRE AP Abdullah Fauzi, a banker from the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leaves home at 4 a.m. to ...China’s marriage rate drop to record low, upswing of divorces
China last year saw a one-fifth decline in marriages, the latest sign of persistent demographic challenges as Beijing works to encourage births ...North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vows to further develop nuclear forces
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses ...Mali army says 25 civilians killed in convoy ambush
Insurgents killed 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near Mali’s northeastern city of Gao on ...Hamas frees three more Israeli hostages under Gaza ceasefire deal
By Hussam al-Masri, Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi Reuters Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, whose emaciated ...














