December2023

South Korea confirmed Saturday its first military spy satellite had reached orbit after a successful SpaceX rocket launch and that communication was established with ground control. Seoul’s reconnaissance satellite, carried by one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX...

The legendary Japanese football player Shinji Ono announced his retirement from the game on Sunday at the age of 44. During his career, he became the first person from his nation to win a European club...

The Hamas health ministry on Sunday said 15,523 people had died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war with Israel. Israel has been targeting Gaza with an air and ground campaign in response...

Nine people were killed and nearly a dozen injured in an attack on a gold mine, according to authorities in northern Peru on Saturday. A group of “armed criminals” invaded the Poderosa mine in the Pataz...

In the southern Philippines, which is wracked by insurgencies, a bombing on a Catholic service on Sunday left at least three people dead and seven injured, according to authorities. According to regional police chief Allan Nobleza,...

Monday will see the opening of a border crossing between Poland and Ukraine for empty trucks in an effort to relieve the blockage imposed by Polish hauliers, whose demonstrations have prevented trade for weeks. Since the...

According to state media on Sunday, the office in charge of North Korea’s recently launched spy satellite would function as a military intelligence organization. After successfully launching a military spy satellite into orbit last month, Pyongyang...

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio said on Saturday that his government’s response to an attempted coup last week would be dictated by “respect for the law”. “The attempted coup will be treated by my government...

While Palestinian organizations fired rockets in succession and air strikes hit militant targets in Gaza, Israel and Hamas dismissed calls from around the world to extend the ceasefire that had expired on Saturday. Over the northern...

The relatives of a German victim of a “terror attack” in Paris received condolences from French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday. Before being taken into custody on Saturday, a radical Islamist with mental health issues who...