South Korea sanctions North Korean spy chief over illicit cyber activities | Cybercrime News

South Korea sanctions North Korean spy chief over illicit cyber activities | Cybercrime News

Pyongyang is thought to use the money stolen in cyber-heists to fund its illegal weapons programmes. South Korea has imposed sanctions on North Korea’s spy chief and seven other North Koreans for alleged illicit cyber activities, which are believed to fund their country’s nuclear weapons and conventional missile programmes. Ri…

At least eight killed after severe storms batter eastern Australia | Floods News

At least eight killed after severe storms batter eastern Australia | Floods News

The dead include a nine-year-old child who was swept into a surging storm drain on the outskirts of Brisbane. At least eight people have been killed with one still missing after severe storms battered Australia’s eastern states over the Christmas holidays, bringing down trees and power lines and leaving tens…

Mary Jane Veloso case unresolved as Jokowi prepares to leave office | Death Penalty News

Mary Jane Veloso case unresolved as Jokowi prepares to leave office | Death Penalty News

Jakarta, Indonesia – For more than a decade, Mary Jane Veloso has been held in a prison in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta awaiting execution after being found guilty of drug trafficking. This year, her family got to see her for the first time in five years. “Mary Jane has…

Ukraine says at least one killed in Russian attack on Kherson rail station | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine says at least one killed in Russian attack on Kherson rail station | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukrainian authorities say Russian shelling of a train station kills a police officer and injures four others. Ukrainian officials say at least one person has been killed and four others injured in a Russian attack on a rail station in the southern city of Kherson, as Russia’s invasion continues to…

China-Taiwan reunification will ‘surely’ happen
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China-Taiwan reunification will ‘surely’ happen

Chinese President Xi Jinping renewed his longstanding vow to bring Taiwan under Beijing’s heel in a speech marking the late Communist leader Mao Zedong’s 130th birthday. “The complete reunification of our motherland is an overall trend, a righteous cause, and the common aspiration of the people,” the 70-year-old proclaimed Tuesday,…

Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission approves Sweden’s NATO bid | NATO News

Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission approves Sweden’s NATO bid | NATO News

Panel’s approval clears another hurdle in Sweden’s accession process to the bloc in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission has approved Sweden’s NATO membership bid. The decision, taken on Tuesday, is a key step towards enlarging the military alliance after 19 months of…

Houthis say they carried out drone attack on Israeli port of Eilat | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Houthis say they carried out drone attack on Israeli port of Eilat | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Houthis claim responsibility for drone attack on Israeli port city of Eilat, Red Sea commercial vessel. Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has said that it carried out drone attacks targeting the Israeli port city of Eilat, as well as a commercial vessel in the Red Sea, as the Iran-backed group steps…

Deadly Christmas in Syria’s Idlib after Russian attack kills five in family | Politics News

Deadly Christmas in Syria’s Idlib after Russian attack kills five in family | Politics News

Idlib, Syria ــ A couple and three of their children were killed in Russian air raids targeting a house in a farm near the town of Armenaz in western Idlib on Monday evening, according to the Syrian Civil Defence. Another child, the sole survivor, was injured. “We live in this…

Indians sent back by France over trafficking concerns: What we know | Human Trafficking News

Indians sent back by France over trafficking concerns: What we know | Human Trafficking News

EXPLAINER A makeshift courtroom was set up in a French airport to investigate human trafficking concerns. A plane carrying suspected victims of human trafficking was rerouted to India while on its way to Nicaragua after being detained in France. It has now landed in Mumbai. While no evidence of trafficking…