Three boys convicted of raping two girls in separate attacks were spared custody by a judge because of detailed evidence about the precise nature of their offending, prospects for rehabilitation, and the profound intellectual limitations of two of the teenagers.
The first report into royal residences for 20 years has revealed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received rental income from sub-letting three cottages on the Royal Lodge estate.
LUXEMBOURG — There is “strong support” among EU home affairs ministers to exclude men who could be called up to the military from Europe’s temporary protection scheme for Ukrainian refugees, said Swedish Migration Minister Johan Forssell.
Labour's Andy Burnham is still dancing delicately in the language he is choosing to use about his ambitions, but his remarks on the BBC's Question Time were a hop and a shimmy further than he has stepped before.
PARIS — The EU’s transparency watchdog has accused the Commission of maladministration for failing to keep a text message from French President Emmanuel Macron to Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the EU executive, urging a freeze in talks on a major trade deal with Latin America.
US actor James Handy, known for his roles in films including Jumanji and Top Gun: Maverick, has been stabbed to death at his home in Los Angeles, police have said.
At least 49 people have died of thirst in a remote part of the Sahara desert in northern Niger after the truck carrying them broke down, authorities said.
Japanese authorities have been trying to catch a bear in north-east Japan after it injured four people and evaded capture seemingly by opening a window by itself.
A friendly dragon is waddling along the sun-drenched centre of Swindon, smiling at passers-by. It's St George's Day and the blow-up dragon is on hand, along with Swindon's town crier, to do a bit of PR on behalf of England.
The EU is preparing a €50 million ($58 million) support package for Armenia as Brussels moves to shore up Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan days before a critical parliamentary election, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said. The figure, however, accounts for roughly 1% of Armenia’s annual trade t…
Rho Tae-ak, chair of the National Election Commission, offered to resign from the post in the aftermath of the election delays due to ballot shortages at 22 polling stations in the Greater Seoul region.
More than 20,000 people have signed a petition calling for a review of an A‑level maths paper that they say was significantly more challenging than any past exam.
SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- The final vote count for this week's local elections was completed Friday, two days after a shortage of ballot papers disrupted voting at over a dozen polling stations in Seoul.
Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing tr…
Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of the Popular Force party, right, shakes hands with rival Roberto Sanchez of Together for Peru party, before a presidential debate, in Lima, Peru, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings …
A proposal headed for a June 14 vote in Switzerland made headlines for seeking to place a hard cap on the country's permanent resident population at 10 million through 2050.
A resolution to end US support for Israel's war in Lebanon was met with a rebuke from most Democrats in the House of Representatives late Thursday, as a total of 324 lawmakers from both sides of the aisle rejected it, and only 92 voted in support.
A majority of Israelis (62%) think that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not allow US President Donald Trump to dictate the nature of Israel's military actions, a poll published by Maariv on Friday found.
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok on Friday said that all possible measures would be employed to investigate the ballot shortage that occurred in Wednesday’s local and parliamentary by-election.
Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing tr…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., pauses for questions from reporters before votes on the immigration enforcement funding package, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Brazil's Kaka had just won the 2007 Fifa Player of the Year award but it was an awkward on-stage moment next to him that was to go viral and provide perhaps the first glimpse of a generational rivalry.
It is one of the fiercest debates in modern football - Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? Hear from those who have played alongside them pick their greatest of all time.
Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has delighted a young film fan with a surprise call after hearing her story of having to travel 140-miles to find an accessible cinema.
The veteran-laden Philippine team will begin its campaign in the 2026 Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Women’s Cup against a taller Uzbekistan side on Saturday, 3 p.m., at the Candon City Arena in Ilocos Sur.