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Kim Jong-un meets South Korean delegates in Pyongyang for first time since becoming leader

It is the first time that South Korean officials have met with Kim since he came to power in 2011.

Mar 5, 2018

By Jordan Bhatt

South Korea North Korea

Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

South Korea will foot the North's £1.9m Olympic bill using unification funds

The bill, which will come to approximately 2.86bn Korean won (£1.9m, $2.64m), will be paid from the South's Ministry of Unification budget.

Feb 14, 2018

By David Brennan

South Korea North Korea

Commonwealth meets for secret talks to decide if Prince Charles should succeed the Queen

Commonwealth leaders are gathering in London where they will begin secret discussions as to who will succeed Queen Elizabeth II as head of the organisation.

Feb 13, 2018

By David Brennan

Queen Elizabeth II London

North and South Korean ice skaters show unity in selfie ahead of Winter Olympics

Skaters Kam Alex Kang Chan and Kim Ju-sik make light work of easing decades of rising diplomatic tensions on Korean peninsula.

Feb 8, 2018

By Claire Toureille

South Korea North Korea

US pressures Nato for anti-Isis Iraq pledge as Shia groups demand western withdrawal

Nato is considering a renewed commitment to a long-term training mission in Iraq as the US puts pressure on its European allies to help hold the country against Isis militants.

Feb 7, 2018

By David Brennan

NATO Iraq Islamic State Afghanistan

North Korean video game 'Yankee Mopping-up Operation' a hit with the kids, says state media

North Koreans lucky enough to own a mobile phone can play patriotic shoot-'em-up as propaganda war moves into video games.

Feb 7, 2018

By Josh Robbins

Germany defies Turkey to grant asylum to alleged coup plotters

Germany has granted asylum to four Turkish soldiers, one of whom is accused of being a leading figure in the failed July 2016 military coup.

Feb 2, 2018

By David Brennan

Turkey Syria German Elections 2017

Poland's controversial Holocaust law prompts Israel-US backlash

Polish senate backs bill making it illegal to attribute crimes of Nazi Germany to Polish state or people.

Feb 1, 2018

By David Brennan

Poland Israel

Queen Jetsun Pema: The young monarch who rules over Bhutan and Instagram

Bhutan's glamorous royal has 87.3 thousand Instagram followers and is an online celebrity in Himalayan kingdom. So who is she?

Jan 25, 2018

By Ruchira Sharma

Kate Middleton

'Invasion Day': Why did Australian protesters attack statue of Captain James Cook?

Australia Day celebrations on January 26 are unwelcome reminder for some of the country's colonial past.

Jan 25, 2018

By Neil Murphy

Trump told May 'You can be this generation's Churchill' after he watched film Darkest Hour

The US president Donald Trump told the UK PM Theresa May she could be the next Churchill, it has been reported.

Jan 24, 2018

By Brendan Cole

Donald Trump Theresa May

'Ideological warfare': Russia bans Death of Stalin over 'offensive' depiction of Soviet-era life

Some Russian politicians have opposed the release of the film, which they claim is "extremist" and offensive.

Jan 24, 2018

By Neil Murphy

Russia Vladimir Putin

North Korea smugglers' shopping list included shampoo, ketchup and whisky

Police in Japan have arrested and charged two Chinese men who smuggled banned goods into North Korea.

Jan 17, 2018

By Neil Murphy

North Korea Japan

Japan to Russia: We have full control over missile defence systems, not the US

The Aegis Ashore systems will cover all of Japan- one from the northern shores and one from the south east.

Jan 17, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

After nearly a millennium, the Bayeux Tapestry will cross the Channel and be in Britain's hands

The Bayeux Tapestry which depicts the Norman invasion in 1066 will come to Britain for the first time in nearly a millennium.

Jan 17, 2018

By Brendan Cole

Trump cancelled UK trip because he wouldn't get 'the love he believes he deserves', says Fire and Fury author

Michael Wolff said that President Donald Trump's cancellation of his visit to London was not over the US's embassy but instead the kind of welcome he might receive.

Jan 15, 2018

By James Tennent

Donald Trump Twitter

Norwegians poke fun at Australian government after bizarre 'polar bear attack' warning

Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has mocked advice to Australian tourists to watch out for polar bears.

Jan 15, 2018

By Neil Murphy

Twitter

Chinese torpedo submarine detected just off Japanese waters as tensions rise

Japan claims that a Chinese vessel spotted last week near the contested Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands was a nuclear-powered attack submarine.

Jan 15, 2018

By Josh Robbins

North and South Korea will send joint ice hockey team to Winter Olympics

North and South Korea plan to send joint ice hockey team to Winter Olympics in Seoul. North Korean delegation also includes an orchestra.

Jan 15, 2018

By Isabelle Gerretsen

North Korea South Korea

Trump 'cancels visit to UK amid fears he won't be made welcome' after spat with May

Reports suggest that US President Donald Trump has cancelled a trip to the UK next month, which would be the first time he has visited Great Britain since he took office.

Jan 12, 2018

By William Watkinson

Donald Trump Theresa May

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