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Seoul says two South Koreans and 15 Russians have returned to South Korea about 10 days after their boat drifted into North Korean waters. The crew members were aboard a Russia-flagged fishing boat when it was detained by North Korea on

Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, has died, the presidency said in a statement on Thursday. “On Thursday morning, the President of the Republic died at the military hospital in Tunis.. The burial ceremony will be announced later,” the presidency said

French submarine that went missing in the western Mediterranean in 1968 has been located during a search mission, officials said Monday, ending a 51-year wait for families of the deceased who continue to seek answers to the naval disaster. “It’s a

U.K. Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Darroch resigned Wednesday, saying “current situation is making impossible for me to carry out my role” after leaked British diplomatic cables and a row with President Donald Trump. DETAILS TO FOLLOW…

A Democratic senator warned Tuesday that the United States could cut off arms sales to the United Arab Emirates over a report that the US ally shipped US missiles to Libya’s Haftar rebels. In a letter to Secretary of State Mike

US Vice President Mike Pence abruptly canceled a trip to New Hampshire on Tuesday, sparking speculation over what media reports said was an “emergency.” Fox News and other US media reported that a representative of Pence told an audience in New

Iran on Tuesday slammed the Trump administration over new U.S. sanctions targeting the country’s supreme leader and other top officials, with the Foreign Ministry saying the measures spell “permanent closure” of diplomacy between Tehran and Washington. President Donald Trump enacted the

Three astronauts safely returned to Earth on Tuesday after spending more than six months aboard the International Space Station. The Soyuz capsule with astronauts from Canada, Russia and the United States landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 8:47 a.m. (0247GMT),