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Officials concerned about security risks

Ruling Party leader Han Dong-hoon plans to meet with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Sunday morning

Kremlin has denied that Russia is interfering in the situation in Georgia

Beijing has held two rounds of war games around Taiwan this year

1941 bombing killed more than 2,300 US servicemen

Both Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah face accusations of having breached the truce that took effect on November 27

Heritage Auctions had estimated that the shoes would fetch $3 million or more

For the first time in the country's long-running civil war, the government now has control of only three of 14 provincial capitals: Damascus, Latakia and Tartus

Organized crime group Jaime Martinez is active in the area

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and first lady Jill Biden join dozens of heads of state attending Notre Dame reopening celebrations this weekend, five years after the iconic Paris cathedral narrowly escaped being destroyed in a fire. Lisa Bryant reports from the French capital.

The country, along with its fellow junta-led neighbors in Mali and Niger, has turned away from former imperial ruler France and pivoted toward Russia

Health authorities said at least 17 students were brought to hospitals in Skopje and other towns over the past week with broken bones and bruises after being thrown into the air by friends to fly like superheroes and attract applause on the internet

The electoral commission says more than 99% of polling stations opened on time with voting materials delivered to them

WASHINGTON — The United States on Saturday announced a new $988 million military assistance package for Ukraine as Washington races to provide aid to Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.  It nearly halves the available $2.21 billion remaining in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) as the Biden administration works to commit to buying weapons from industry, rather than pull from U.S. weapons stocks.  Trump's victory in the November election has cast doubt on...

South Korean lawmakers failed Saturday to impeach conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol for declaring martial law — which was lifted within hours — this week. But opposition lawmakers say they will hold another impeachment vote as soon as next week. VOA's Bill Gallo reports from Seoul.

Officers have confirmed that a cell phone as well as DNA from a coffee cup were recovered from near the murder scene

Police are sentenced to 23 to 28 years in prison for homicide and torture resulting in death

Macron and other European leaders are trying to persuade Trump to maintain support for Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion