Rescuers battle to find survivors trapped under collapsed buildings after the 7.3 magnitude quake   More than 200 people have been killed in Iran and Iraq after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the border region between the two countries, state media said. Iranian state television said that at least 200 ...

If a conflict between North Korea and the United States suddenly broke out, U.S. troops in South Korea would be “outnumbered” and undersupplied, warns Lt. Gen. Jan-Marc Jouas, the former deputy commander of U.S. Forces in Korea. “The 28,500 U.S. Armed Forces personnel in South Korea are vastly outnumbered by North Korean forces, ...

  MOSCOW — Russian President Vladi­mir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of trying to interfere with Russia’s presidential campaign in retaliation for what the Kremlin dismisses as unfounded U.S. allegations that Moscow interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential vote. On the eve of a possible meeting with President Trump at ...

THE world is on the verge of a water crisis, experts have warned, with big business shelling out an incredible £23.4 billion to secure their supplies.   Corporations are panicking their fresh water could dry up in the coming years as global temperatures soar and droughts wreak havoc.The World Economic ...

A KILLER pig disease which could spread to China and cripple its economy has sparked fears a ‘global’ crisis with reports SIX countries in the European Union have already detected cases of the deadly virus.   Up until now, China has managed to remain largely unscathed by the African swine ...

The president calls the leadership of Kim Jong-un a ‘cult‘   President Donald Trump has said that North Korea should not make the “fatal” mistake of underestimating the US and its allies by continuing its nuclear programme and extreme rhetoric. “Today, I hope I speak not only for our countries, but for ...

  North Korea’s underground nuclear test site has turned the surrounding area to wasteland and caused defects among newborn babies, defectors have reported About 80 percent of trees that are planted die, and underground wells have also run dry, 21 defectors who used to live in Kilju county, the location ...

    The UN Security Council on Monday called on Myanmar to rein in its military campaign in Rakhine state and allow hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya driven from their homes to return. In a unanimous statement backed by China, the council strongly condemned the violence that has forced ...

  LONDON — A huge leak of financial documents revealed by a group of about 100 media organizations on Sunday provided deep insights into some of the mechanisms used by top politicians and celebrities to escape paying taxes. Offshore funds are often used to avoid paying high taxes, and their use ...

JEDDAH: The deputy governor of Asir province and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in the southwestern mountains of Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The accident happened Sunday night when the helicopter carrying Prince Mansour bin Muqrin and other regional officials were returning ...