(2nd LD) Seoul shares sink over 5 pct on tech losses amid Iran uncertainty; won sharply down
(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom, photo) SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ...
Riots at Noam Sohlberg's home not an isolated incident
The moment every sector claims the right to determine which laws are binding and which are optional, citizenship becomes tribal membership, and the state become...
'Not your country': Lebanese leaders rebuke Iran as Israel, Hezbollah trade attacks
Lebanon's president and prime minister criticised Iran on Friday for opposing the latest ceasefire deal between the Lebanese government and Israel, saying their...
UN doubles Lebanon aid appeal as war drives surge in humanitarian needs
By Olivia Le PoidevinGENEVA, June 5 (Reuters) - The United Nations on Friday said it is doubling the amount of money it says it needs to help Lebanon meet surgi...
Trump's 'crazy' rebuke undercuts Netanyahu at a critical moment
By Alexander Cornwell, Rami Ayyub and Steve HollandJERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu has long portrayed himself to the Israeli public ...
Middle East conflict pushing millions into hunger, WFP says
By Olivia Le PoidevinGENEVA, June 5 (Reuters) - The Middle East conflict is pushing millions of people closer to hunger, as rising fuel and transport costs driv...
Israel secretly deployed commandos to Azerbaijan during Iran war, report says
Elite Israeli special forces, rescue troops and Mossad operatives reportedly operated from sites near Iran’s northern border, supporting intelligence gatherin...
UN doubles appeal for Lebanon aid to nearly $640 mn amid Israel war
The UN on Friday more than doubled its aid appeal for Lebanon as the country reels from Israel's war against Iran-backed Hezbollah, saying nearly $640 million w...
'I'm Horrified': Russia Sentences Traveler To 16 Years For Treason Over A $250 Transfer To A Ukrainian
Riding into Russia on a motorcycle to see his ailing father, Mikhail Loshchinin was detained at the border, tortured, and tried on a treason charge over a $245 ...
Otto Warmbier’s parents seek $17M seized from North Korea-linked nuclear network
The parents of Otto Warmbier are mounting a new legal effort to seize millions in frozen assets recovered from a North Korea-linked nuclear proliferation networ...
'Will reach $100bn in mutual trade': Putin calls India 'reliable partner', hails PM Modi's leadership
International Business News: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday expressed confidence that bilateral trade between India and Russia will reach USD 100 ...
Lee calls joint Korean War remains repatriation 'testament' to S. Korea-U.S. alliance
SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Friday called joint efforts by South ...
The US is likely to cancel Tomahawk missile deals with Germany
Politico\'s sources in the US and Europe say that there are fears the missile deals would anger Russia.
India-China relations have improved from ‘reset and fresh start’ to ‘new level’: Chinese envoy Xu Feihong
Chinese envoy Xu Feihong highlights improved India-China relations, calling for further normalization and trust-building efforts at The Hindu Huddle 2026.
China's president Xi Jinping to visit North Korea in push for deeper ties
Xi Jinping's first visit in nearly seven years comes as Beijing looks to reassert ties with Pyongyang, its only formal treaty ally.
Experts warn against Japan's militarism
Japan has repeatedly hyped up the so-called "China threat" narrative in recent years to justify its expanding military agenda, said experts, warning that portra...
Brazil Wins Guatemala Beef Access in New Farm Cooperation Deal
A modest-looking memorandum in Central America carries a concrete payoff for the world's largest beef exporter: a new market cleared for shipment.
Op Sindoor: 'Pakistan Was Completely Blind'
'We won not (only) because we were able to carry out long-range precision strikes.' 'That is, of course, one of the reasons but we had better situational awaren...
Israeli strikes kill 7 in south Lebanon
Israeli strikes overnight in the Lebanon city of Tyre killed seven people, despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
Report: Israel’s secret bases established near Iran
CNN reports that Israel secretly deployed selected military and intelligence units in Azerbaijan during its military campaign against Iran.
Putin faces Ukrainian drone threat and stagnating economy at ‘Russian Davos’
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to deliver a speech at a flagship annual economic forum Friday, days after Ukrainian drone strikes rocked the host city ...
Argentina Applies to Join the Trans-Pacific Trade Pact CPTPP
Argentina has formally knocked on the door of one of the world's largest free-trade blocs, deepening President Javier Milei's bet that openness
China integrating lawfare into broader Taiwan strategy: U.S. report
A U.S. congressional commission report released Thursday said China has been incorporating lawfare into its broader strategy toward Taiwan, citing its investiga...
Is the world turning its back on Israel? Poll shows Israel’s global image sinking
A 36-country Pew survey finds unfavorable views of Israel rising worldwide, including among key allies, while confidence in Netanyahu has fallen sharply across ...
Lawmakers pass resolution condemning China's obstruction of Lai Eswatini trip
The Legislature on Friday passed a resolution unanimously condemning what it described as Beijing's heavy-handed efforts that obstructed President Lai Ching-te'...
Everyone Is Waiting for Trump’s Gaza Plan to Die
The Board of Peace has been revealed to be so flawed as to be completely unworkable.
(4th LD) China's Xi to visit N. Korea next week for 1st time since 2019
(ATTN: UPDATES with remarks from a South Korean presidential official in last para)By Woo ...
Vicious circle in dialogue with US on Ukraine, Western ambitions: Lavrov's statements
According to the Russian foreign minister, the West has always openly nurtured the dangerous undertaking of suppressing and dismembering Russia
Top Turkish diplomat welcomes progress in US-Iran talks
Hakan Fidan hopes that these negotiations will lead to concrete results
IDF: Commander of Hezbollah engineering unit eliminated
IDF activity in southern Lebanon led to the elimination of Abd Harb, a senior commander in the Hezbollah terrorist organization, who was responsible for assembl...
South Africa and Kenya push to turn African integration into industrial growth
South Africa-Kenya Business Forum, which brought together government officials, financiers, industrialists and business organisations from both countries during
Fire aboard USS Ford worse than Navy disclosed, footage shows
New footage shows extensive damage aboard the world’s largest aircraft carrier during its Iran deployment; CNN reports blaze disrupted operations and could ke...
Ukraine carries out 165 artillery strikes on border areas in Kursk Region in past day
Alexander Khinshtein said that there were no casualties
Summary of inter-Korean news this week
SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week. ---...
Summary of external news of North Korea this week
SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news on North Korea this ...
Summary of domestic news in North Korea this week
SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this ...
Key developments on North Korea this week
SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- The following are key developments regarding North Korea this we...
Zionist pogroms and shepherding outposts in the West Bank
Farah, Calico and Noah report on the Israeli practice of establishing Shepherding Outposts as an instrument for grabbing Palestinian land
THE WAR TO END ALL WARS AGAINST RUSSIA ISN’T ENDING
By John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with It’s a brave king who fights on after losing his arms and his legs. It’s a foolish king who ask
Nazi party records released online shatter German family myths
Many German families have faced the uncomfortable question: What did grandpa do during the war? Now, the answer may be just a few clicks away – but it may no...
(LEAD) Seoul shares sink over 5 pct on tech losses amid Iran uncertainty; won sharply down
(ATTN: UPDATES with latest details in paras 4-5, 10-18) SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- South ...
US sanctions Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel in latest move to pressure island's leadership
The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife and three other individuals
(3rd LD) China's Xi to visit N. Korea next week for 1st time since 2019
(ATTN: ADDS photo, more details in last 10 paras) SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- Chinese Pres...
Zelenskyy calls on Putin for face-to-face negotiations in rare public letter
“They should get it done,” US president Donald Trump said.
Mexico’s Stock Market Drops to the Floor of Its Long Range
Mexico stock market: the IPC falls 1.31% to 67,392, its sharpest drop in a while, sliding to the floor of the quiet range it has held for months.
Latin American Pulse for Friday, June 5, 2026
Peru heads into a knife-edge presidential runoff on Sunday after Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez held their closing rallies and the country entered its pre-...
Hopes dairy boom will buffer farmers' 'tight' profits due to war in Middle East
Four months into the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, economists are forecasting the costs of the closure and its impact on dairy farmers' bottom lines.
How Japan created its naphtha supply bottleneck
With no end in sight for the Iran war, supply chain bottlenecks for the oil-derived material are set to continue, prompting calls for government-enforced energy...
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Friday, June 5, 2026
Brazil's market reopens Friday after the holiday into a tense global mood, with the US jobs report due, oil still high on the US-Iran conflict and the real near...