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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has lauded what he called his country's fight against a U_S_-led military threat and vowed to turn North Korea into "the best socialist paradise in the world."

An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit off a southern Philippine province Friday morning, seismologists said ...

Venezuela's government has requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council ...

The Taliban say an investigation is underway after an explosion in the Afghan capital, Kabul ...

Federal prosecutors in Belgium say police have detained three men over a suspected plot to carry out a jihadi-style attack on the country's politicians, after finding a home-made bomb in one of the suspect's houses ...

French media say an appeals court has increased the sentence for Husamettin Dogan to 10 years for raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged and unconscious ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invited Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira to an in-person meeting ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia's air defenses were responsible for shooting down an Azerbaijani airliner in December that killed 38 people in the first admission of responsibility for the crash ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine's new long-range missiles and drones are causing significant gas shortages in Russia ...

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation ...