As families of victims mourned the loss of loved ones and kept an anxious vigil in hospitals on Monday, the authorities in North Macedonia said they were investigating possible official misconduct in the case of a deadly inferno that killed at least 59 people over the weekend. Officials said that Club Pulse, the nightclub where … Read more
A fire tore through a nightclub in the eastern town of Kocani in North Macedonia, killing 59 people, according to the country’s interior minister. More than 100 people were also wounded in the fire early on Sunday in the “Club Pulse”, Interior Minister Pance Toskovsk said. Toskovski said the fire was probably caused by the … Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw missile drills this week in the Yellow Sea, state media reports. North Korea has carried out test launches of strategic cruise missiles to send a message to “enemies” about its counterattack capabilities, state media has said. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over the missile drills in … Read more
Few images hold as much symbolism as those of Palestinians returning. Plus, Trumpian White House media briefings, and Black Myth: Wukong. The return of more than half a million displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza, having survived war, siege and starvation, is a historic moment. For right-wing media outlets in Israel, however, it’s a humiliation. Contributors:Abdullah … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are returning to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month genocide in Gaza. The return, delayed for two days following a dispute between Hamas and Israel over the release of an Israeli captive, is in accordance with a … Read more
North Korean leader expresses hope that Moscow will defeat ‘neo-Nazism and achieve a great victory’ in Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has paid homage to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a New Year’s message extolling deepening ties between Pyongyang and Moscow, state media has reported. In a letter to mark the New Year, … Read more
Israel carries out hospital attacks in northern Gaza and Gaza City. Aid groups are warning Israel is in the late stages of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza. Only 12 trucks have managed to distribute aid, to desperate Palestinians there in nearly three months. Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north has been stormed and bombed by … Read more
The Pentagon has seen “indications” that the North Korean forces who have been sent to Russia to help the Kremlin in its war against Ukraine have suffered their first casualties, according to a U.S. official. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon spokesman, told reporters on Monday that the North Koreans had entered combat … Read more
North Korea orders mass production of suicide drones: report DW (English) North Korea to mass produce self-detonating explosive drones, state media reports CNN North Korea leader Kim orders mass production of suicide drones, KCNA says Reuters Kim Jong Un Calls for Mass Production of Suicide Attack Drones Bloomberg North Korea’s Kim orders mass production of attack drones: State media Al … Read more
SEOUL (Kyodo) — Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has confirmed his country’s military has engaged for the first time with North Korean troops, South Korea’s public broadcaster KBS reported Tuesday. Umerov told KBS in an interview on Monday local time that a “small-scale” engagement had taken place, without detailing when and where the fighting took … Read more