Former Democratic Party of Korea leader Rep. Jung Chung-rae, who is running for a second term, mistakenly referred to President Lee Jae Myung as "President Lee Myung-bak" during a joint campaign event in Daegu on Sunday, repeating a similar mix-up he made during the June 3 local election campaign.
Survivors of Redeemer Baptist School have told a NSW parliamentary inquiry they were sexually, physically, emotionally and spiritually abused, urging the government to classify the school and its associated church as a system of group-based coercive control.
United States President Donald Trump has named White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf as his next White House counsel, elevating a longtime legal ally to one of the administration’s most important legal positions months before November’s midterm elections.
Yemen's armed forces announced on Saturday a broad operation against Houthi positions on several fronts, days after missile and drone attacks killed at least 45 government personnel in Marib and Hadhramaut. Hans Grundberg, the UN special envoy, warns the country now faces its gravest risk of large-scale war since th…
Yoav Horowitz, former director-general of the Prime Minister’s Office and current founding member of Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar! party, told Channel 12 on Friday about his experiences with the Netanyahu family and his decision to re-enter politics in recent years.
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- Nuclear watchdog officials from South Korea and Sweden met Monday, and engaged in policy and regulatory discussions on high-level radioactive waste and small modular reactors.
Victorian educators would get a $2000 bonus with the signing of a pay and conditions offer from the state government revealed today, as the new education minister attempts to avoid statewide school strikes planned for next Wednesday.
The Malaysian government has announced that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is undergoing medical checks and a procedure and is expected to remain under observation for two days.
Every year, smoking kills more than 68,000 South Koreans. Yet instead of making it easier for people to move away from cigarettes, South Korean policy continues to make that transition harder.
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate has postponed the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte and shifted to a work-from-home arrangement on Monday amid continued heavy rainfall brought by the southwest monsoon, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In the streets surrounding a drab federal office complex next to the Minneapolis airport, the beleaguered resistance to US President Donald Trump found its footing.
WARSAW — A bad-tempered split in Poland’s right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party is being greeted with joy by the centrist, pro-EU government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but it’s unclear whether it will improve his odds of retaining power in next year’s election.
Trump-backed Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella wasted no time putting his law-and-order agenda into high gear, launching a major military offensive against Marxist FARC dissidents days after taking office on Friday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a Gaza plan hailed by US President Donald Trump, vowing no military withdrawal until Hamas "genuinely" disarms.
Discrepancies have been found between final voter figures and on-site tallies from the June 3 local elections, data acquired by a lawmaker showed Monday, amid a widening probe into irregularities surrounding the elections.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party, Likud, has overtaken Yashar! led by Gadi Eisenkot in the polls, according to an election poll published by KAN News on Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu restated his rejection of Donald Trump's latest Gaza plan in televised remarks to his right-wing government Sunday, even as Israel's military has effectively halted attacks in the territory under pressure from the US President.
MANILA, Philippines — Local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila suspended classes in all levels on Monday, August 10, as the southwest monsoon continued to dump rain.
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- Discrepancies have been found between final voter figures and on-site tallies from the June 3 local elections, data acquired by a lawmaker showed Monday, amid a widening probe into irregularities surrounding the elections.
Rabat, Morocco – As Morocco prepares for parliamentary elections on September 23, political debate is centred less on ideology and party programmes than on the decision of one of the country’s most influential public officials to enter partisan politics.
A new law coming into force in September means parents in England should have to buy fewer branded items of school uniform, which the government says will save them money.
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has demanded Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologise to his Japanese counterpart over comments he made about a “couple of melons” she gifted him, which he has denied was a sexual innuendo about the leader’s breasts.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has moved to salvage his big tech agenda from the brink of defeat, holding talks with counterpart Angus Taylor to win support for plans to force US platforms to pay for news and block gambling advertising.
Yemen’s Houthis have launched a new wave of missile and drone attacks on the Red Sea port city of al-Makha (Mocha), extending an assault on government-held areas along Yemen’s western coast and killing at least 11 people.
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating fell to a new low amid controversy over a series of government policies, a poll showed Monday.
HONGSEONG, South Chungcheong Province — South Chungcheong Governor Park Soo-hyun believes the province is at a historic turning point. With more than 200 trillion won ($142 billion) in planned investments tied to the government's recently announced Mega Project, Park says South Chungcheong has an unprecedented oppor…
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi-backed government forces in the port city of Mokha on Sunday, describing the attack as a tit-for-tat response to the kingdom’s “aggression.”
Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi-backed government forces in the Yemeni port city of Mokha on Sunday, describing the attack as a tit-for-tat response to the kingdom’s “aggression.”
The chief executive of Australia’s air traffic control agency was summoned to a meeting with Transport Minister Catherine King after days of flight delays and two near misses on the tarmac within a fortnight.
The Democrat party has been freaking out about the Democratic Socialists of late - despite striking similarities between their policies - because while Democrats are happy to sweet talk voters into socialist ideas that signal maximum virtue, they don't actually want to enact policies that would make blue-city budget…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Construction and Housing Minister Haim Katz, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced a new program on Sunday to help IDF reservists find affordable housing, a joint statement announced.
White House staff secretary Will Scharf, will become White House counsel and assistant to the president effective September 1, US President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Sunday.
Israel has rejected US President Donald Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza and will not withdraw until Hamas fully disarms, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.