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Will 'unconditionally support' Russia's war against Ukraine: Kim Jong Un

In April, North Korea and Russia confirmed for the first time that their troops were jointly deployed, with soldiers from both nations fighting together against a Ukrainian incursion in Russia's Kursk

Syria to grant inspectors access to suspected nuclear sites: UN watchdog

Syria under Assad is believed to have operated an extensive clandestine nuclear program, which included an undeclared nuclear reactor built by North Korea in eastern Deir el-Zour province

Inflation data threatened by US government's hiring freeze as tariffs loom

President Donald Trump froze federal hiring on his first day in office and extended the freeze in April until late July, suggesting future inflation reports will also involve less data collection

Google partners with Chile to deploy a trans-Pacific submarine cable

Chile, home to one of Google's largest data centers in Latin America, is currently connected to the United States and the rest of the region via an undersea cable

22 crew members rescued in North Pacific after ship with cars catches fire

Crew members abandoned ship, were evacuated onto a lifeboat and rescued by the crew of a nearby merchant vessel called the Cosco Hellas in the North Pacific

What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus allegedly smuggled from China?

Nicknamed vomitoxin because it's most known for causing livestock to throw up, it can also cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, headache and fever in animals and people

US vetoes UN Security Council resolution for an immediate Gaza ceasefire

14 of 15 UN Security Council members backed a resolution calling Gaza's humanitarian situation catastrophic and urging Israel to lift all aid delivery restrictions for 2.1 million Palestinians

Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly 'scraping' user data to train Claude

Reddit claims that Anthropic has used automated bots to access Reddit's content despite being asked not to do so, and intentionally trained on the personal data of Reddit users

US judge halts deportation of family of Boulder firebombing suspect

The family members have not been charged in the attack on a group demonstrating for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza

Spike in steel tariffs could imperil Trump promise of lower grocery prices

The staggering 50 per cent levies on those imports took effect Wednesday, stoking fear that big-ticket purchases from cars to washing machines to houses could see major price increases

Ukraine urges air defence aid as West meets without Pentagon chief present

The emphasis should be on US-made Patriot systems, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting at Nato headquarters in Brussels

Vietnam scraps two-child policy as aging threatens economic growth

Vietnam has abolished its long-standing two-child limit on Tuesday to try and reverse declining birth rates and ease the pressures of an aging population.

Boulder community to hold vigil after 12 injured in firebombing attack

A vigil was scheduled for Wednesday evening at the local Jewish community centre to support those impacted by the attack

Salvador court convicts 3 ex-army officers in 1982 killing of 4 journalists

A jury made up of five women convicted the three men of murder in a lightning trial that began Tuesday morning in the northern city of Chalatenango

Trump urges senators to sign his big bill of tax breaks into law by July 4

It's a potentially tumultuous three-week sprint for senators preparing to put their own imprint on the massive Republican package that cleared the House late last month by a single vote

Brazil's President Lula signs law to expand affirmative action policies

The changes apply to candidates applying for permanent and public employment positions across Brazil's federal administration, agencies, public foundations, public companies

Environmentalists slam Trump admin's push for oil, gas drilling in Alaska

Oil has been Alaska's economic lifeblood for decades, and Dunleavy has continued to embrace fossil fuels even as he has touted other energy opportunities in the state

Rockets fired from Syria for first time since Assad's fall, says Israel

Syrian state media reported that Israel shelled the western countryside of Syria's Daraa province after the rocket launch

Broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from China, says US

The pathogen is known as Fusarium graminearum, which can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people, the FBI said in a court filing in Detroit

UNSC to vote on Gaza ceasefire resolution amid humanitarian crisis

The resolution, drafted by the council's 10 elected members who serve two-year terms, reiterates its demand for the release of all hostages held by Hamas