Britain has shuttered its embassy in North Korea and all its diplomats have left the country, its ambassador said Thursday as Pyongyang maintains strict entry controls to try to prevent a coronavirus outbreak. The North has closed its borders and insists it has not had a single case of the virus that emerged in neighbouring […]

Police said it had detained one of the suspected coordinators of a sprawling child pornography network that had sparked investigations across Germany, authorities said on Wednesday. The man, from the south-western state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, is the suspected administrator of an online chat forum for paedophiles, Cologne chief of police, Uwe Jacob, said. Director of Criminal […]

Thousands of protesters shouted pro-democracy slogans and insults at police in Hong Kong on Wednesday as lawmakers debated a bill criminalizing abuse of the Chinese national anthem in the semi-autonomous city. Police massed outside the legislative building ahead of the session and warned protesters that if they did not disperse, they could be prosecuted. In […]

Yemen’s Houthi fighters have fired missiles targeting the army command of the Saudi-backed government in Marib province, causing several casualties, including relatives of the chief of staff, according to military sources cited by news agencies. The assault on Tuesday took place after the expiry of a one-month ceasefire announced on April 24 by a Saudi-led […]

The killing of an Iranian teen by her father after she eloped with an older man sparked outrage on Wednesday, with local media denouncing “institutionalised violence” in “patriarchal” Iran. Iranian media covered the apparent “honour” crime extensively, with Ebtekar newspaper leading its front page with the headline “Unsafe father’s house”. According to local media, Romina […]